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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) ANON.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands . . .
Poster 28 x 22
inches, showing the face of a black man, painted with the “Stars and Stripes” Creases
where folded; some very light edge-wear, pinholes where hung.
Chicago: photographer, Ron Boroski, Art Director Copywriter, Dick Greene,
circa 1970
[600/800]
From the attribution at the foot of the poster, this seems to have been the work of a couple of
advertising men.
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(CIVIL RIGHTS)
SAVE INNOCENT CHILDREN FROM BEATINGS . .
. RIZZO MUST GO!
Broadside-poster, 8
1
⁄
2
x 11 inches; paper evenly toned; dry-mark
pen line drawn underlining a line of text.
Philadelphia, circa 1968-1970
[400/600]
Frank Lazaro Rizzo (1920-1991) made his name as a vigorous and sometimes brutal police
commissioner. He campaigned as the “law-and-order” Democrat in Philadelphia’s 1971 may-
oral elections and waged war on the Panthers in Philadelphia’s black community. On the merits
of his authoritarian approach, which appealed to white ethnic voters, he was elected mayor in
November 1971. This flyer dates from his days as commissioner and was probably printed by
the Black Panthers. As mayor, Rizzo continued to support the strong-arm tactics of the police
department and even formed a secret police force that investigated his political opponents. Rizzo
claimed that severe law enforcement methods were necessary in a time of rising crime rates, but
by 1979, the courts had to decide whether the city of Philadelphia, in its zeal for law and
order, had violated the rights of its citizens. On August 3, 1979, the United States District
Court, charged that Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo and 18 high-ranking city and police
officials either committed or condoned “widespread and severe” acts of police brutality.
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