Hurricane Carter Legacy plaque, 2021.
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Original JPG File | 7200 × 4800 pixels (34.56 MP) 61 cm × 40.6 cm @ 300 PPI |
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Low resolution print | 2000 × 1333 pixels (2.67 MP) 16.9 cm × 11.3 cm @ 300 PPI |
248 KB | Restricted |
Screen | 1200 × 800 pixels (0.96 MP) 10.2 cm × 6.8 cm @ 300 PPI |
120 KB | Restricted |
Resource ID
8958
Access
Open
Address
89 King St E, Toronto, ON M5C 1G3
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2021
Historical Themes
Black Heritage, Social Work, Sports History
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Time Period
1954-1998, 1999-today
Caption
Hurricane Carter Legacy plaque, 2021.
Description
The American boxer Rubin Carter, known as Hurricane Carter (1937-2014), was jailed for 18 years for a murder he didn’t commit. In Toronto, he helped free many wrongly convicted Canadians, working out of an office here from 1993 to 2004.
Marker lat / long: 43.64971, -79.375005 (WGS84)