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![]() Evening Compass broadcast Original Airdate: 9/12/1975 Length: 00:28:35 Item Type: newstape - aircheck Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Evening Compass newscast during the first week of Phase II desegregation of Boston schools. Ed Baumeister reads school attendance statistics and gives a summary of the day's events relating to the schools. Pam Bullard reports on efforts by the Boston School Committee, the Boston Home and School Association, and the City of Boston to appeal the Phase II busing plan in court. Bullard notes that the chances of overturning the plan are slim. Paul deGive interviews Father William Joy (St. Mary's Parish) about the residents of and the atmosphere in the Bunker Hill housing project in Charlestown. Joy says that the Catholic Church has not responded to the needs of the project residents. DeGive also interviews teenage project resident Danny Sullivan. Sullivan says that youth in the housing project do not deserve their bad reputation. Gary Griffith interviews Joseph Timilty (mayoral candidate) about the upcoming election. Timilty says that he avoids busing as a campaign issue. Bullard interviews Kathleen Sullivan (Boston School Committee). Sullivan accuses Superintendent Marion Fahey of making school appointments based on politics rather than performance. Judy Stoia reports on the reactions of Boston's Chinese American community to busing. She interviews Louisa Lock (resident), Albert Lau (Bilingual Coordinator) and Peter Chan (Chinatown Little City Hall) on the need for more Chinese American teachers and school aides. Greg Pilkington comments on the majority non-white population in Boston schools. He reports on the reaction of African American leaders to speculation of "white flight". This tape has audible time code on track 2 and visible time code burned in at the top of the picure. Contributor : Host Ed Baumeister Pam Bullard Paul deGive Gary Griffith Greg Pilkington Contributor : Reporter Judy Stoia
Subject : Keywords Asian Americans Busing for school integration - African Americans and Busing for school integration - Asian Americans and Busing for school integration - Catholic Church Busing for school integration - Law and legislation Busing for school integration - School attendance Busing for school integration - School boards Busing for school integration - School management and organization Busing for school integration - Students Busing for school integration - Violence Catholic church Clergy Courts Electioneering (Political campaigns) Morgan v. Hennigan Public housing Race relations School superintendents Urban youth Subject : Personal Names Baumeister, Ed Bullard, Pam Campbell, Levin Chan, Peter Coakley, John Coffin, Frank Connolly, Matthew deGive, Paul Fahey, Marion Fremont-Smith, Thayer Garrity, W. Arthur Jr. Griffith, Gary Hambleton, Herbert Jackson, Ellen Joy, William Kelly, John Kerrigan, John Laquidara, Frank Lau, Albert Leftwich, Charles Leubsdorf, John Lock, Louisa Maloney, Kevin McCabe, Robert McEntee, Edward Murphy, George Necheles, Carmen Parks, Paul Pilkington, Greg Schwartz, Robert Stoia, Judy Sullivan, Danny Sullivan, Kathleen Timilty, Joseph White, Kevin Wilson, Percy Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Archdiocese of Boston Boston Home and School Association Boston School Committee Boston School Department Bunker Hill Housing Project Subject : Geographic Locations Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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