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An US soldier wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire (or Reichskrone) circa 1945

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Edward Delafield Smith was an American lawyer, abolitionist, and federal prosecutor. While a prosecutor, he combatted the slave trade by prosecuting slave traders as pirates. In 1861, he gained international attention after one case resulted in a slave trader being sentenced to death .

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HM Queen Elizabeth inspects flight and ground crews in front of an Avro Lancaster at RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire, February 1944

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A protest in the south, the 1950s.

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American supermodel Josephine Baker performing in Paris, 1920s

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Photo dating from 1977, where we can see the American boxer Mohamed Ali and the Brazilian footballer Pelé.

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Anita Bryant ("Save Our Children" leader) gets pied by a gay rights activist, Des Moines, Iowa, 14th October 1977

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Members of W Company Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, prepare to engage enemy targets after an intense evening of incoming fire on the front line just south of Basra, Iraq. 26 March 2003. Photograph by Cpl Paul Jarvis/MOD

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A propaganda photo of two Canadian soldiers from the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps wielding (unloaded) Thompson submachine guns while training in Britain during the summer of 1943.

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Royal Hungarian Army soldiers at a field kitchen in 1938 (5,503 × 3,510)

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A convoy of U.S. Marine High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), assigned to D/Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marines Division, in Northern Iraq during a sandstorm. 26 March 2003

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Ann Arbour, MI, 1996: Teenager Keshia Thomas saves white supremacist from angry mob by shielding him with her body

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