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A poster featuring a police officer holding a gun to a person's back.
Black people we must unite against police brutality
A poster featuring a police officer holding a gun to a person's back.

Black people we must unite against police brutality

Date1975
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(artist)
FormatEphemera
Notes
A poster promoting "black people we must unite/struggle against police brutality, lies by the press and immigration witchhunting."
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Posters
    DimensionsLeaf size: 28 cm x 21.5 cm (11 in. x 8 7/16 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderUnknown
      Object NumberSuddon_0125
      There is a significant amount of police brutality in connection with black people at two police divisions, says black lawyer Charles Roach
      There is a significant amount of police brutality in connection with black people at two police divisions, says black lawyer Charles Roach
      Lennon, Frank
      9/8/1972
      During a discussion of an independent inquiry into the way Metro police investigate complaints against the force, especially complaints of brutality, (...)
      During a discussion of an independent inquiry into the way Metro police investigate complaints against the force, especially complaints of brutality, (...)
      Adamson, Harold
      5/16/1974
      Must unite with Soviet Army to destroy Fascists
      Must unite with Soviet Army to destroy Fascists
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
      By Lydia Zajc and Paul Watson Toronto Star, The Supreme Court of Ontario has reserved judgement on a court order forcing Metro Police Chief Jack Marks to act on a four-year-old brutality complaint
      By Lydia Zajc and Paul Watson Toronto Star, The Supreme Court of Ontario has reserved judgement on a court order forcing Metro Police Chief Jack Marks to act on a four-year-old brutality complaint
      Spremo, Boris
      6/15/1988
      Sidney Linden: Metro public complaints commissioner has called for videotaping of suspects' interrogation to reduce charges of coercion and police brutality
      Sidney Linden: Metro public complaints commissioner has called for videotaping of suspects' interrogation to reduce charges of coercion and police brutality
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/14/1983
      Villagers protesting 'police brutality' were kept to the public sidewalk, They planned to parade outside City Hall but were told they'd be arrested if they stepped on the square
      Villagers protesting 'police brutality' were kept to the public sidewalk, They planned to parade outside City Hall but were told they'd be arrested if they stepped on the square
      Goode, Jeff
      7/22/1966
      Apocalypse soon? Nadine Gordimer's July's People imagines a situation in South Africa when the blacks have finally rebelled against the white minority and turned relationships upside down
      Apocalypse soon? Nadine Gordimer's July's People imagines a situation in South Africa when the blacks have finally rebelled against the white minority and turned relationships upside down
      Gordimer, Nadine, 1923-2014
      9/30/1981
      Taking a fall: Broncs and bulls are made to buck by the pain caused by a tight strap made that way by brutality and lack of compassion
      Taking a fall: Broncs and bulls are made to buck by the pain caused by a tight strap made that way by brutality and lack of compassion
      Mahler, John
      7/9/1975
      Complaint of Brutality: Newzad Qadhi, left, and Talat Gilly say Saddam's troops are ruthless.
      Complaint of Brutality: Newzad Qadhi, left, and Talat Gilly say Saddam's troops are ruthless.
      Mahler, John
      3/26/1991
      This woman laughed when she had seen the film of the Belsen and Buchenwold brutalities once, so a British officer orders her back into the theatre for a second view of horrors
      This woman laughed when she had seen the film of the Belsen and Buchenwold brutalities once, so a British officer orders her back into the theatre for a second view of horrors
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/8/1945
      El Salvador's army, once notorious for brutality, is to be purged of human rights violators
      El Salvador's army, once notorious for brutality, is to be purged of human rights violators
      Spremo, Boris
      4/16/1992
      Complaint of brutality: Newzad Qadhi, left, and Talat Gilly say Saddam's troops are ruthless.
      Complaint of brutality: Newzad Qadhi, left, and Talat Gilly say Saddam's troops are ruthless.
      Mahler, John
      3/26/1991