[CIVIL RIGHTS-BLACK PANTHERS]. This Can Happen in Your Community. Philadelphia, ca 1970s.

This Can Happen in Your Community. There is an Alternative. Call the Philadelphia Committee to Combat Fascism. Philadelphia, PA, ca 1970s. 22 x 17 in. poster featuring half-tone images of police officers restraining and beating young men, including an African American man covering his head, along with black and red title text and contact information for the Black Panther Party and People For Human Rights.

Frank Rizzo served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department from 1967-1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972-1980. The PPD under Rizzo was characterized by brutality against the Back community, and his policies against the Black Panthers were extreme, including a nighttime raid on the organization's headquarters which involved dragging Panthers out onto the street, stripping them, and beating them.