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4 The Families
Four days after a plane crashed in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, New York, claiming the lives of all forty-nine people on board and a man on the ground, WIVB-TV- Channel 4 presented a one hour special honoring the memory of those who perished.…
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A Change of Course : Applied Lessons of the Amistad Slave Ship Rebellion
This television special documents the Buffalo visit of the Freedom Schooner Amistad, a replica of the infamous slave ship. Thousands of school children were among Western New York visitors who viewed the cramped quarters from which African captives…
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A Life in the Balance : Struggles of the Mentally Ill
In the wake of some tragic incidents involving psychiatric outpatients, WIVB-TV Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg and photographer Tom Vetter examine the struggles of the mentally ill in a flawed mental health system. "A Life In the Balance" weighs…
Position: 187 (71 views)
A Palace for Buffalo : the History of the Shea's Buffalo Theater
A palace for Buffalo: the colorful history of the Shea's Buffalo Theater and its dynamic founder Michael Shea. This television special revisits the magic of the silent movie era, the desperate fight to save the theater from the wrecker's ball, and…
Position: 105 (99 views)
A Toxic Nightmare: The Awakening [The Story of Love Canal Pt. 1]
More than forty years after covering the Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls, former WIVB-TV senior correspondent Rich Newberg returns to the site where 20,000 thousand tons of buried industrial chemicals took a terrible toll on families living on…
Position: 72 (130 views)
An Interview with Lois Gibbs [Her battle and victory on behalf of Love Canal homeowners]
Lois Gibbs, a stay-at-home mom who whose family moved into the Love Canal neighborhood when her son was one year old, was never told she would be living on top of a dumpsite where 20 thousand tons of toxic chemicals had been buried.
She says that…
She says that…
Position: 232 (62 views)
An Interview with Michael Brown
As a young journalist at the Niagara Gazette in 1977, Michael Brown took a special interest in stories by two fellow reporters at the paper involving sump pump issues in the Love Canal neighborhood. Reported problems included odors and chemicals…
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu Visits Buffalo
On January 29, 1989, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa visited Buffalo to seek help in ending apartheid in his country.
Apartheid, which means “apartness” in the language of Afrikaans, was the name given to the official separation…
Apartheid, which means “apartness” in the language of Afrikaans, was the name given to the official separation…
Position: 193 (70 views)
Behind the Desert Shield : With the 914th Tactical Airlift Group in the Persian Gulf
In December 1990 a group of journalists from Buffalo were escorted to a remote desert base in the Persian Gulf as Air Force Reservists from Niagara Falls prepared for war. WIVB-TV reporter Rich Newberg and videographer Mike Mombrea Jr. documented the…
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Beyond the Road to Freedom : New Lessons as Freedom's Message is Brought to Life
Western New York is a leader in presenting re-enactments at authentic sites dating back to the days of abolitionism. Learn why these Underground Railroad sites are now gaining national attention. See how efforts have begun to document and preserve…
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