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Ten O'Clock News; Common Ground, Part 1
09/28/1985
Martin Nolan (Boston Globe) opens a Town Meeting on Race and Class at the John F. Kennedy Library. The meeting is held in honor of the release of J. Anthony Lukas's novel, Common Ground. The novel is about the busing crisis in Boston. Nolan talks about the novel. Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) addresses the meeting. Flynn says that the novel is the first piece of journalism to report accurately on the busing crisis. Flynn says that he is pleased that the novel touches on class issues as related to school desegregation in Boston. Flynn talks about the poor institutional leadership that led to the deterioration of the Boston Public School System. He adds that parents were never consulted during the school desegregation process. Mark Roosevelt (Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Library) addresses the audience and compliments Lukas on his book. Lukas addresses the meeting. Lukas mentions the name of each family member portrayed in the novel. He asks them all to stand. He expresses his sadness at the absence of the McGoff family (family portrayed in Common Ground) from the meeting. Lukas notes each family's connection to John F. Kennedy (former US President). Panelists at the meeting include Jack Beatty (Senior Editor, Atlantic Monthly), Thomas Brown (Professor, University of Massachusetts), Marie Clarke (parent and member of the Home and School Association), Moe Gillen (Charlestown community activist), Father Michael Groden (Archdiocese of Boston), Robert Kiley (former Deputy Mayor of Boston), Theodore Landsmark (attorney), Sandra Lynch (former general counsel to the State Department of Education), Kim Marshall (Director of Curriculum, Boston Public Schools), Reverend Charles Stith (Union United Methodist Church), and Thomas Winship (former editor, Boston Globe). Tape 1 of 8
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Common Ground, Part 1
- 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
00:21:02
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Race relations
- Flynn, Raymond L.
- Busing for school integration
- Locations
- Columbia Point (Boston, Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Flynn, Raymond L. (Speaker)
- Zimmerman, Leda (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Common Ground, Part 1,” 09/28/1985, GBH Archives, accessed November 6, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7B83C6D7F48147C68F81931FCBAC08FD.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Common Ground, Part 1.” 09/28/1985. GBH Archives. Web. November 6, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7B83C6D7F48147C68F81931FCBAC08FD>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Common Ground, Part 1. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7B83C6D7F48147C68F81931FCBAC08FD