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Georgia State Patrol trooper Allen Campbell stares at child drawn to reflection in his shield at Ku Klux Klan rally in Gainesville, GA on Sep. 5, 1992. Said Campbell, "Me and this kid, neither one made a choice to be here. The state patrol made me come, and his mom and daddy brought him."
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These are the late 1800s mugshots for James Collins, Nora Courier and Herbert Cockran. For those interested, I've compiled a series of 18 mugshots from the same era and the villainous stories behind them. (link in comments) (1080x470)
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Today is the memorial of Óscar Romero, the archbishop martyred for his outspoken defense of El Salvador’s poor. Assassinated by government death squad while celebrating Holy Mass. Canonized as a saint in 2018 (c. 1978)
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Mothers of Plaza de Mayo demanding to know the whereabouts of their children, disappeared during Argentina's last military dictatorship, which started on March 24th, 1976. (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1977)
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Mother and child sitting in the ruined streets of Iran as soldiers (likely allied forces) march through. Likely ~1941, probably during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. From a WWII Iran photo album that I inherited from a U.S. Soldier.
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Greek model Aliki Diplarakou, who previously won the title of Miss Hellas and Miss Europe 1930, as Athena Promachos at the Second Delphic Festival in Delphi, 1930.🦉
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Relatives of people that died during the Ardeatine massacre pray at the Ardeatine Cave site. The Ardeatine massacre was a mass killing of 335 civilians and political prisoners carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by Nazi German occupation forces (Rome, Italy 1944)
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Bruno Tesch (hat) poses with soldiers holding his products in Warsaw. He was one of many businessmen to exploit the Holocaust for profit. During the war, Tesch sold massive quantities of Zyklon B to the SS, knowing how it would be used. The SS used it to murder 1.1 million people, 1940 .
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Sgt. Jeff Seabaugh, a squad leader with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, moves his Marines to their objective during a mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Zubayr, Iraq. March 23, 2003
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Fire drill in Cloth Hall Museum in Kraków, Poland. The painting in "Prussian Homage" by Jan Matejko. Poland, 1930.
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