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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1989-08-08
Duration: 00:02:32
Subject: School boards; African American religious leaders
People: Bowman, Kitty; Browne, Abigail; Burke, Daniel; Davis-Mullen, Peggy; Flynn, Raymond; Green, Elnavia; Jones, Marcus; Molina, Tony; Nucci, John; O'Neil, Albert "Dapper"; O'Reilly, Thomas; Owens, William; Scondras, David; Stith, Charles; Thomas, McCall; Wilson, Dr. Laval;
Clip Description
Marcus Jones reports that Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) and a group of community activists have suggested replacing Boston's elected school committee with an appointed school board. Jones interviews Charles Stith (Union United Methodist Church) at Logan Airport. Stith talks about his upcoming trip to Philadelphia to learn about the appointed school board in that city. Jones says that Flynn wants to remove politics from the government of the Boston Public School System. Jones' report includes footage from a press conference with Flynn and supporters. Flynn urges the citizens of Boston to join the movement to change the School Committee. Elnavia Green (parent), Bill Owens (State Senator), Reverend McCall Thomas (Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church) and Tony Molina (President, Bilingual Master Parents' Advisory Council) voice their support for Flynn's proposal. Jones interviews John Nucci (Boston School Committee). Nucci says that it is not a good idea to ask voters to give up their right to vote. Jones notes that the controversy is drawing attention away from the immediate needs of the schools. Jones's report includes footage of a Boston School Committee meeting.
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.
