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John Arnold is escorted into court for the sentencing phase of his murder trial. Arnold and his cousin, John Plath, both of whom were from York, Pennsylvania, were tried for torturing and lynching a young black mother in a small town in South Carolina, 1979 .

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Muammar Gaddafi with a guard from his “Amazonian” protection detail in Cairo, 1996

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My mom passed on may 29th at 84. This is my favorite picture.

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Pro-Choice Public Education Project (1998)

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Amon Göth, commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp, is convicted of war crimes and executed by hanging after WWII. (September 13th, 1946)

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Interracial dating at a bar in Pittsburgh, 1959. (700x571)

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In my college dorm room, 1971

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FDR (center) and future British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley (right) swimming together in Florida, February 1926

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My mom around 1963 in the Mojave Desert.

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1975: Anti-American Poster, "They're having problems with their economy again" Ron Cobb, United States.

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A textile worker steaming a coat while curious onlookers watch, Alexanderplatz, East Berlin, 1960s

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A photo of my mother taken by my non-professional photographer dad back in the mid to late 1950's. He really captured the moment well!

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