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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)

Civil rights activist Ted Landsmark reflects on Boston's reputation for racism

Landsmark occupies a key spot in the story of how Boston earned its reputation. In 1976, amid the uproar in Boston over court-ordered school desegregation, he crossed paths with protesters near City Hall. And that moment was captured in Stanley Forman's photograph, "The Soiling of Old Glory."

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