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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1990-03-20
Duration: 00:03:34
Subject: African American students; Race relations; Busing for school integration - General
People: von Mehren, Jan;
Clip Description
Jan von Mehren talks to members of the racially diverse Boston Student Advisory Council. Von Mehren notes that these high school students grew up in integrated schools. The students discuss school desegregation and today's integrated schools. The students discuss racial tension in the schools today. Several of the student's say that racial tension does exist in today's schools. One student says that the actions of a few students can create an atmosphere of racial tension. One student recalls his memory of the busing crisis. Another says that she has friends of all ethnicities and races. One adds that integrated schools can conquer ignorance. The students discuss the benefits of attending integrated schools. Von Mehren's report is accompanied by a clip from Eyes on the Prize II.
This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item:
Elvira "Pixie" Palladino and others react to the film Common Ground
Reactions to the film Common Ground
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.
