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...Michael S. Dukakis nominated Theodore C. Landsmark, assistant director of external projects at Harvard, to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Wednesday, making him the first black ever nominated to the board...
...permanent display at Northeastern University is a Tryptich by Boston Artist Dana Chandler, depicting the beating of black attorney Theodore Landsmark last April by a group of ROAR demonstrators. Northeastern acquired the paintings after somebody punched holes in them and scrawled "KKK" on the canvases while they were on exhibit last October. Call Northeastern's Afro-American Studies Department for more information...
...first of the incidents, Theodore Landsmark, 29, a black lawyer, was set upon by six white youths who had been demonstrating against busing in front of Boston's modern city hall. Spearing and clubbing Landsmark with a flagpole from which an American flag fluttered wildly, they broke his nose and left him badly cut and bruised. Then two black bus drivers in predominantly white and fiercely antibusing South Boston were beaten by five or six white youths; two white drivers who tried to help defend them were also pummeled...
...city's leaders have also remained curiously silent about another aspect of the beating--one attacker's use of an American flag as a weapon in their assault on Landsmark. If the flag is a symbol of America, their silence on this issue will only lend support to a particularly offensive form of desecration...
...Only Landsmark, the victim, displayed any sense of civic responsibility. He cautioned against retaliatory violence and denied that safety in the streets was an issue. Justifiably, Landsmark did not entirely "turn the other cheek." He criticized White's leadership; and he noted the failure of city officials to deal with racism in Boston. These city officials should continue to be considered failures until Boston is no longer a haven for racism and violence...