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Jan 25, 2019 · Portrait of Frank Rizzo, Philadelphia Magazine, July 1967. Richardson Dilworth Papers. All of the major shifts in the American politics and culture in the 1960s were indelibly tied to the most transformative struggle of them all: the movement for African American civil rights.
Aug 21, 2017 · A primer on the life and career of the "Cop Who Would Be King" of Philadelphia, including his famous "crumb bum" video, the nightstick-in-the-cummerbund and his multiple attempts to regain the mayor's office. One of Philadelphia history's most iconic shots: Commissioner Frank Rizzo, giving orders in tuxedo, with nightstick in cummerbund, in 1969.
Jul 17, 1991 · Within eight months, he had pulled the CBS affiliate's ratings among people over 24 years of age from 13th to an overwhelming No. 1 in the Philadelphia market. Mr. Rizzo is survived by his wife...
Jun 3, 2020 · PHILADELPHIA — The city of Philadelphia took a step to heal a notable scar from its past early Wednesday morning by quietly removing the statue of the former mayor Frank Rizzo, who took a...
Aug 22, 2017 · Read more AP File. by David Gambacorta, Chris Brennan, and Valerie Russ. Published Aug. 22, 2017, 2:25 p.m. ET. Frank Rizzo has been dead and buried for 26 years now. Feels like a long time ago when you stop and think about how different the world was when Rizzo was felled by a heart attack at age 70 in July 1991.
Francis Lazarro Rizzo (October 23, 1920 – July 16, 1991) was an American police officer and politician. He served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from 1968 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980. He was a member of the Democratic Party throughout the entirety of his career in public office.
Jun 15, 2020 · Philadelphia. Policing. Reckoning with Frank Rizzo’s legacy. Why did the Frank Rizzo statue become a symbol of police brutality? The Why examines his record and his legacy on policing in Philadelphia. Air Date: June 15, 2020. Listen 19:59.
