Minority contractors in favor of set-aside programsDeborah Wang reports that the city of Boston's minority set-aside program is facing a court challenge. . . > more |  |
African Americans in the militaryCarmen Fields interviews Frank Hector (World War II veteran) and Ralph Cooper (Vietnam veteran) about. . . > more |  |
Ros Barron's "Magriitte sur la Plage"This short excerpt from Ros Barron's dramatic movement work, featuring the reconstruction of various. . . > more |  |
Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1989-02-24
Duration: 00:04:35
Subject: Art and Artists; African Americans in art
People: Fields, Carmen; Hennessey, Maureen Hart; Rockwell, Norman;
Geography: Stockbridge (Mass.)|
Clip Description
Carmen Fields reports that the Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA is commemorating Black History Month by exhibiting Norman Rockwell's work featuring African Americans. Fields interviews Maureen Hart Hennessey (curator, Rockwell Museum) about Rockwell's paintings depicting events in the civil rights movement, including The Problem We All Live With and Murder in Mississippi. Fields notes that Rockwell did these paintings for Look Magazine in the 1960s. Fields and Hennessey discuss the portrayal of African Americans in Rockwell's earlier work for the Saturday Evening Post, including The Boy in the Dining Car. Hennessey talks about an African American family in Stockbridge who modeled for Rockwell. She notes that the children of the family modeled for the paintings, The Problem We All Live With and New Kids in the Neighborhood. Fields' report includes footage of tour guides at the museum talking about specific paintings during museum tours. This tape includes additional footage of the Rockwell Museum and of Rockwell's paintings.
This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item:
Shirley Owens Hicks, Byron Rushing and Louis Elisa talk about cuts to the state budget
Black Caucus members oppose cuts to the state budget
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
