"And that moment was captured in a famous photograph where a young person was trying to kill me with the American flag.”

July 23, 2023 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography

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July 23, 2023

 

Civil rights activist Ted Landsmark reflects on Boston's reputation for racism — and how the city has and hasn't changed.

“I was on my way to an affirmative action meeting with city officials to try to open more jobs for people of color and minority contractors in the city of Boston,” Landsmark says. “I was attacked by a group of anti-busing demonstrators. And that moment was captured in a famous photograph where a young person was trying to kill me with the American flag.”

 

 

 

In this photograph titled "The Soiling of Old Glory," Joseph Rakes assaults lawyer and civil rights activist Ted Landsmark with a flagpole bearing the American flag
Stanley Forman: "The Soiling of Old Glory" Anti-Busing Protest, Boston, 1976
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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