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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1990-01-15
Duration: 00:07:05
Subject: African American women; African American civil rights; African American religious leaders
People: Lydon, Christopher; Small, Sarah;
Clip Description
Christopher Lydon interviews Sarah Small (United Campus Ministries). Lydon reports that Small runs the Protestant Ministry at the University of Massachusetts Boston campus. Lydon and Small pray together before the interview. Small talks about her admiration for Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights leader) and her involvement in the civil rights movement. Small says that she learned a lot about herself after spending time in jail for participation in the civil rights movement. Small talks about her commitment to helping those in need. Small talks about the status of African Americans in US society.
This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following items:
Banks agree to improve access to banking services in low-income neighborhoods
Banks improve services to low-income neighborhoods
Julian Bond at Harvard University
Julian Bond
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.
