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 Evening Compass broadcast Original Airdate: 9/8/1975 Length: 00:28:35 Item Type: newstape - aircheck Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Evening Compass newscast on the first day of Phase II desegregation of Boston Schools. Ed Baumeister reports optimism on the part of city and school officials about the opening of schools. Report includes footage of Arthur Gartland (Citywide Coordinating Council) at a press conference, talking about the successful opening of the schools. Paul deGive reports on the opening day at Charlestown High School, which was peaceful despite confrontations between police and Charlestown residents on Bunker Hill Street. DeGive reports that police motorcycles bore down with little warning on demonstrators sitting down in the middle of Bunker Hill Street in Charlestown; that a gang of youth overturned two cars in Charlestown and assaulted an African American student at Bunker Hill Community College. DeGive's report includes footage of Peggy King (Charlestown resident) and Gertrude Harris (Charlestown resident). King and Harris resent the police presence in Charlestown. Judy Stoia reports on reactions to busing and police presence in the Charlestown community. Her report includes footage from an interview with a white teenager who is boycotting school. Stoia notes that Charlestown residents are frustrated at the police presence in the neighborhood. Baumeister reports on the peaceful opening of school at South Boston High School. Donovan Moore reports on opening day at Madison Park High School. Moore's report includes footage of Tom Hennessey (Acting Headmaster, Madison Park High School), talking about the first day of school in a new building. Pam Bullard reports on the successful opening day at the Solomon Lewenberg School in Mattapan. Bullard's report includes footage of Jim Pardy (Assistant Principal, Lewenberg School) talking about the successful opening of the Lewenberg School. Gary Griffith reports from the Police Department Information Center on police activities throughout the city, including the arrest of 77 members of the Committee Against Racism (CAR). Griffith notes that the CAR members were demonstrating along a bus route in South Boston. Bullard reports on the first day of school at the Condon Elementary School in South Boston. Bullard's report includes footage of interviews with Marjorie O'Brien (South Boston parent) and Katherine Ellis (South Boston parent) concerning their views on busing and school desegregation. Greg Pilkington reports on the African American community's reaction to the beginning of Phase II school desegration, and on opening day at the Dearborn School. Pilkington reports that parents complained about the poor state of the facilities at the Dearborn School. Bullard reports that opening day at Hyde Park High School was peaceful. She notes that there were complaints from local residents about the heavy police presence. Bullard's report includes a still photo of racist graffiti on a mailbox in front of the school. Baumeister reports on transportation problems involving school buses. Baumeister's report includes footage of Baumeister questioning Charles Leftwich (Associate Superintendent of Boston Public Schools) about busing problems at a press conference. Contributor : Host Ed Baumeister Pam Bullard Paul deGive Donovan Moore Greg Pilkington Judy Stoia Contributor : Reporter Gary Griffith
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - African Americans and Busing for school integration - First day of school Busing for school integration - Magnet schools Busing for school integration - Police Busing for school integration - Police patrol Busing for school integration - Protest Busing for school integration - School attendance Busing for school integration - School buildings and classrooms Busing for school integration - School faculty Busing for school integration - School management and organization Busing for school integration - Students Busing for school integration - Violence Charlestown High School Condon Elementary School Dearborn Middle School English High School Hyde Park High School King Middle School Lewenberg Middle School Madison Park High School Police Police - Arrests Police patrol School faculty South Boston High School Subject : Personal Names Baumeister, Ed Bullard, Pam deGive, Paul DiGrazia, Robert Ellis, Katherine Gartland, Arthur Griffith, Gary Harris, Gertrude Hennessey, Tom Kearney, Dennis King, Peggy Leftwich, Charles MacDonald, Bill Moore, Donovan O'Brien, Marjorie O'Brien, Walter O'Shea, Mon Pardy, Jim Pilkington, Greg Power, Frank VanGorder, Mrs. Frank Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston Police Department Bunker Hill Housing Project Committee Against Racism (CAR) D Street Housing Project Freedom House Massachusetts State Police Department Tactical Patrol Force (TPF) US Marshals Subject : Geographic Locations Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.) Mattapan (Boston, Mass.) Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) South Boston (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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