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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1990-08-02
Duration: 00:03:34
Subject: Discrimination
People: George, Christy; LeBron, Maria;
Geography: Mission Hill (Boston, Mass.)|
Clip Description
Christy George interviews Maria LeBron (public housing tenant) about her experiences as a tenant in Boston's public housing. George notes that LeBron is one of 370 tenants who have been compensated for the discriminatory policies of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). George notes that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and a federal court found the BHA policies to be discriminatory. She adds that the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf on tenants. George interviews LeBron. LeBron talks about how she was placed on a waiting list for an apartment even though there were empty apartments in housing projects in South Boston and Charlestown. LeBron talks about the discriminatory policies of the BHA. LeBron says that it is very difficult to be homeless. She adds that people of color should not be afraid to challenge government agencies. George reports that nearly 1,000 people are eligible for settlement money from the BHA. George's report is accompanied by footage of LeBron and her two sons in their apartment in the Mission Hill Housing Project.
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.
