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Bookmark or Share- Frank Rizzo - WikipediaFrancis 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.
- Frank Rizzo of Philadelphia Dies at 70; A 'Hero' and 'Villain'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...
- Frank Rizzo Statue Is Removed In Philadelphia: 'It Is Finally Gone ...Workers removed a statue of Philadelphia's controversial former Mayor Frank Rizzo from its place of honor across from City Hall early Wednesday morning, finishing a job that protesters...
- The Brutal Legacy of Frank Rizzo, the Most Notorious Cop in ...The Brutal Legacy of Frank Rizzo, the Most Notorious Cop in Philadelphia History. The former police commissioner and mayor known to fellow cops as "The General" has been dead for decades, but...
- Civil Rights and the Rise of Frank Rizzo in 1960s PhiladelphiaPortrait 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.
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