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Pierre Laval, former Prime Minister of the Vichy French government, passionately pleads his case while on trial for treason at the Palais de Justice in Paris, France. August 1945. Laval was found guilty and executed in October
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The Dining Room at Spocott. My family has owned the home and surrounding property since the 1600s.
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Life magazine published this photo of Malcolm X holding an M1 Carbine in March 1964 after he received numerous death threats by the Nation of Islam for exposing Elijah Muhammed for having children with underage girls.
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Two drunken sailors sleeping on a street in San Francisco, after celebrating Victory over Japan (15 August 1945)
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A farewell kiss at Pennsylvania Station, New York, between a soldier and his lover, and no guarantee that he will ever return. 1944
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Irish woman mocks British soldier for being short, Creggan, Derry 1972.
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The human pyramid — one of many torture techniques used by the US Army & the CIA at Iraqi prison Abu Ghraib, 2003
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7-year-old Nermin Divović lies face down in a pool of blood, shot and killed by a sniper after approaching a U.N. vehicle in the streets of besieged Sarajevo, November 18, 1994
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What's the difference between a prisoner of war and a homeless person? (American poster by Guerrilla Girls. United States of America, 1991)
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