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Ten O'Clock News; Shirley Caesar
10/06/1989
Shirley Caesar is a gospel singer and pastor, also active in community and political affairs in Durham, NC. She visits Harvard to sing with a choir in Memorial Church. Fields notes that Caesar is an evangelist and a Grammy award-winning singer. Fields adds that Caesar has recently entered local politics in Durham, North Carolina. Fields interviews Caesar, who talks about her music and her outreach ministry. She also discusses her recent entry into politics. Caesar says that she sees herself as a humanitarian. Fields' report includes footage of Caesar performing with a choir in front of an audience at Memorial Church.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Shirley Caesar
- 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
00:06:11
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- African American women
- Musicians
- African American politicians
- Caesar, Shirley, 1938-
- Harvard University
- Music
- African American religious leaders
- African American musicians
- Locations
- Cambridge (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Fields, Carmen (Reporter)
- Caesar, Shirley, 1938- (Interviewee)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Shirley Caesar,” 10/06/1989, GBH Archives, accessed October 5, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_87B421DBC6FD4A019CA2C9BA8247EA8E.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Shirley Caesar.” 10/06/1989. GBH Archives. Web. October 5, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_87B421DBC6FD4A019CA2C9BA8247EA8E>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Shirley Caesar. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_87B421DBC6FD4A019CA2C9BA8247EA8E