The Soiling of Old Glory
January 17, 2006 2:13 PM Subscribe
Can someone find a serviceable digital version of this Pulitzer prize winning photograph? I want to use it as a desktop picture...
It is the 1977 Spot News Photography Winner. It was taken by Stanley Forman of Boston Herald American. It is called "The Soiling of Old Glory", and it depicts a young white man attempting to jam a pole with the american flag on it into the torso of a black man durring a riot.
It is the 1977 Spot News Photography Winner. It was taken by Stanley Forman of Boston Herald American. It is called "The Soiling of Old Glory", and it depicts a young white man attempting to jam a pole with the american flag on it into the torso of a black man durring a riot.
Ah -- the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of the race riots on City Hall Plaza.
posted by ericb at 2:32 PM on January 17, 2006
posted by ericb at 2:32 PM on January 17, 2006
Stanely Forman alson won The Pulitzer in 1976 for the image of the two girls falling from a burning apartment building. He also shared the 1978 Pulitzer Feature award with other Boston Herald staffers, for their image of an enormous wave hitting a New England lighthouse.
posted by ericb at 2:34 PM on January 17, 2006
posted by ericb at 2:34 PM on January 17, 2006
It is posted at this University of Massachusetts website with the following notation:
"One of the iconic photos of the 1970s, the below image was taken by Boston Herald American photographer Stanley Forman at a riot in downtown Boston...by area whites opposed to the integration of public schools. Forman won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1977 for the photo. Recall how American flags were used in Detroit by whites opposed to integrated housing. NPR did a story on the man being attacked in the photo: Ted Landsmark"posted by ericb at 2:44 PM on January 17, 2006
For Christ's sake don't use that photo as a desktop. The only time I ever feel uncomfortable about the magnificent city of Boston is when I see that photo. It was one thug from a closed-minded minority of the city's population and it was 30 years ago, but it still hurts to see it.
posted by Mayor Curley at 2:45 PM on January 17, 2006
posted by Mayor Curley at 2:45 PM on January 17, 2006
And IIRC, the photo isn't about segregation in schools, it's about busing--the topics are related, but they are not the same.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:31 PM on January 17, 2006
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:31 PM on January 17, 2006
See, the Japanese know how to do it right.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:33 PM on January 17, 2006
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:33 PM on January 17, 2006
(I used to know Stan. Great guy. I think the only photog to win back to back pulitzers.) The guy being attacked, Ted Landsmark, became a big shot Boston lawyer, by the way.
posted by CunningLinguist at 4:01 PM on January 17, 2006
posted by CunningLinguist at 4:01 PM on January 17, 2006
Whoops, just saw the Landsmark link above.
posted by CunningLinguist at 4:01 PM on January 17, 2006
posted by CunningLinguist at 4:01 PM on January 17, 2006
Sorry, not helping at all with your problem... but I just have to say that the fella wielding the flag immediately reminded me of Perth serial killer David Bernie.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 6:15 PM on January 17, 2006
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posted by Infernarl at 2:15 PM on January 17, 2006