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Ten O'Clock News; Jeter family business
03/29/1991
Alexandra Marks reports on the Jeter family's business. These entrepreneurs started Jet-A-Way trash disposal and recycling business in Boston in 1967. Interview with Jesse Jeter on the lack of media attention on successful African American people and other minority businesses. He also talks about the racism he experiences in some of his business relationships. Interview with Ed and Darlene Jeter on the hard work they put into their business. They also discuss the help that affirmative action has given their company. Footage from the NAACP's Leadership Development Training Conference. Interview with entrepreneur William Singleton, president of Quest, who talks about the lack of financing for minority companies. Following the edited story is additional b-roll footage of the Jet-A-Way company at work. Recycling yard, dumpsters, heavy machinery.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Jeter family business
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:12:05
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Business
- Affirmative action programs
- African American businesspeople
- Race relations
- Locations
- Boston (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Marks, Alexandra (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Jeter family business,” 03/29/1991, GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6B23CB2A9F1B4AA29505F10721F5B097.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Jeter family business.” 03/29/1991. GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6B23CB2A9F1B4AA29505F10721F5B097>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Jeter family business. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6B23CB2A9F1B4AA29505F10721F5B097