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![]() September in Boston Original Airdate: 9/9/1974 Length: 00:59:10 Item Type: newstape - aircheck Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract An Evening Compass special broadcast three days before the opening of Boston schools for Phase I desegregation. In-studio operators take phone calls from parents with questions about bus routes and school opening times. Kevin White addresses city residents on busing and school safety. Pam Bullard reports on school desegregation and the implementation of the busing plan. Pam Bullard reports on an anti-busing demonstration at City Hall Plaza. Her report includes footage of white marchers with protest signs. The footage shows an angry crowd jeering at Edward Kennedy (US Senator) and breaking a window at the JFK Federal Building. Bullard and Baumeister interview Paul Russell (Deputy Superintendent, Boston Police Department) about preparations by police for the opening of schools. Judy Stoia reports on the open house at English High School. The report features footage of Robert Peterkin (Headmaster, English High School) at the open house and interviews with John Kenney (Jamaica Plain parent) and his daugher Paula, a white student who has been assigned to English High School. Bullard and Baumeister interview William Reid (Headmaster, South Boston High School) about student assignments in South Boston and Roxbury, and about preparations for opening day at South Boston High School. Baumeister interviews Tom Duffy, Dalton Baugh and Joe Glynn of the Youth Activity Commission about efforts to reach out to students who will be affected by school desegregation. Baumeister reports on efforts by local TV stations to cover the busing story in an unobtrusive and responsible manner. Creator : Executive Producer Robert E. Ferrante Creator : Producer Charles C. Stuart Contributor : Director James Field Contributor : Host Ed Baumeister Pam Bullard Judy Stoia Contributor : Guests Dalton Baugh Tom Duffy Joe Glynn William Reid Paul Russell Please contact the archive at archive_requests@wgbh.org for a full list of program contributors.
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - Boycotts Busing for school integration - General Busing for school integration - Police Busing for school integration - Police patrol Busing for school integration - Protest Busing for school integration - School management and organization Busing for school integration - School safety Busing for school integration - Students English High School Police Police patrol Race relations Roxbury High School South Boston High School Television Urban youth Subject : Personal Names Baugh, Dalton Baumeister, Ed Berman, Cindy Bernstein, Mel Brooke, Edward Bullard, Pam Campbell, Shirley Damon, Ann Duffy, Tom Garrity, W. Arthur, Jr. Glynn, Joe Hicks, Louise Day Kennedy, Edward Kenney, John Kenney, Paula Kerrigan, John O'Neil, Albert "Dapper" Peterkin, Robert Reid, Dr. William Russell, Paul Stoia, Judy Thistle, Jim Wheatley, Bill White, Kevin Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston Police Department WCVB Youth Activity Commission Subject : Geographic Locations South Boston (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television special |
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