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Ten O'Clock News (1988-07-11)
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Marcus Jones reports that two African American families moved into a South Boston housing project today; he notes that the families are the first African Americans to live in the project in ten years. Jones reports that the two families were on the emergency placement list and had no other housing alternatives. Jones notes that there is increasing opposition to the mayor's housing desegregation plan by both African Americans and whites. He adds that the NAACP has filed suit to block the plan, contending that it unfairly ignores families discriminated against prior to 1983. Jones reports that the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) claims to have lost records for applicants before 1983, but will try to investigate claims of discrimination prior to that date. Jones interviews Carl Haith (President, Boston chapter of the NAACP) about the NAACP lawsuit. Haith says that the city needs to identify residents who were discriminated against prior to 1983. Jones' report includes footage of African American movers at a South Boston housing project and footage of white residents outside of the Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Development. Jones interviews one of the African American movers, who says th…
Directors & creators
WGBH
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Marcus Jones, Carl Haith, Raymond Flynn, Boston Housing Authority, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Development, South Boston, Boston, public housing, housing desegregation, racial discrimination, urban policy, civil rights
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