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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1984-04-19
Duration: 00:09:13
Subject: South Africa - Apartheid; African American musicians
People: Wonder, Stevie;
Geography: Cambridge (Mass.)|South Africa|
Clip Description
Stevie Wonder speaks at a Harvard Law School Forum at Sanders Theatre. Wonder discusses his record label and the ups and downs of his career. Wonder talks about his need to be creative and to make music. An audience member asks Wonder about his position on apartheid. Wonder says that he will not perform in South Africa; he says that American citizens should make an effort to not support apartheid.Wonder takes his glasses off and pretends to read a letter given to him from an audience member. The audience cheers. Tape 2 of 2.
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.
