NAACP Pushes for More Diversity on Network TV
The NAACP launches a campaign to add minority stars to top shows after fall lineups lacked them. Mfume condemns TV as segregated and a hearing in Los Angeles seeks a public record on ongoing bias amid network executives’ late responses.
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TV Executives Promise Action On Diversity At Hearings
CBS President Leslie Moonves cited 17 prime time shows with minority actors and vowed to do what is right to boost diversity. Fox VP Roland McFarland called this season an exception, while NAACP officials say networks have a long way to go both on and off screen. At the hearing, few minority script writers were reported: NBC had one of 186, CBS two of 144, Fox three of 163, and ABC seven of 172.
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Prime time TV minority presence in tonight's listings
Readers compare 8 to 11 p.m. shows across networks noting casts by color. Red marks indicate all minority casts, green marks indicate at least one minority character, and yellow marks indicate no minority characters. The network with the most minority presence is identified by tallying color marks across the lineup.
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Education Extra adds classroom uses for current news
A weekly Newspaper in Education feature offers teachers quick ideas to engage students with the news. It provides simple activities, discussion prompts, and hands on ways to connect articles to classroom topics.
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Third Way era aid push cites tech help for poor nations
President Clinton urged wealthy nations at a conference to expand financial and technical assistance to poorer countries. The article notes focus areas include technology transfer, capacity building, and targeted grants to stimulate growth and development in vulnerable regions.
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Determining Today’s Top Sports Coverage
A classroom task asks groups to split the sports section by page, tally column inches per sport, and graph the results. Students will write three observations about the chart and cut out a person’s picture to identify nonchanging inherited traits and traits that may vary.
Top News and Sports Highlights for Kids Week
The list surveys top teams in football hockey and basketball and notes the era’s most anticipated movie and TV hit. It highlights a fan poll showing Michael Jordan’s return as the most desired NBA event and suggests kid friendly stories, sports notes, and entertainment items that may appeal to young readers.
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