Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1976-04-06
Duration: 00:04:37

People: Bullard, Pam; DiGrazia, Robert; Dukakis, Michael; Forman, Stanley; Kelly, James; Landsmark, Theodore; Nevas, Steve; Owens, William; Rakes, Joseph; White, Kevin;
Geography: Massachusetts State Legislature|

Clip Description
Pam Bullard reports on the attack on Theodore Landsmark by Joseph Rakes and other teenage boys during an anti-busing protest at City Hall Plaza. Report shows footage of State Senator William Owens addressing a gathering at City Hall Plaza. He accuses Kevin White (Mayor, City of Boston) of breaking his promises to the African American community and says that people of color are not safe in Boston. Report is accompanied by Stanley Forman's photographs of the Landsmark attack, which were printed in the Boston Herald American.

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.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/ton/programs/A198_01