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A photo of 16-year-old Yusuf Hawkins with his mother. In 1989, Hawkins was murdered by a mob of as many as 30 white youths who mistakenly thought he was dating a local white girl. Hawkins was one of three black people to be murdered by racist white mobs in New York in the 1980s .

Posted 15 days ago
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The Art Workers Coalition poster And Babies (1969)

Posted 16 days ago
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My Parents' Wedding Day - 1954

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This is one of the few SFW examples of Alfred Cheney Johnston’s portraits of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls from the 1920s. The quality and sheer amount of images of these ladies that were discovered after his death is atonishing. (606x766)

Posted 16 days ago
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Alabama eatery where a family orders ice cream from the "colored" side of the counter. (Gordon Parks, 1956)

Posted 16 days ago
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German Shepherd in uniform posed by German soldier, early 1940s

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Maternal Great Grandparents' Wedding Day, 1903. 13 Years Later, He would Go Into Town On An Errand And Never Return

Posted 16 days ago
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Marlon Brando, before and after makeup during filming for "The Godfather" in 1971.

Posted 16 days ago
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Former German SS guards of Treblinka extermination camp hide their faces from reporters during the start of the Treblinka trials, West Germany, 1964 (1300x841)

Posted 16 days ago
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Counter-Terrorism by Kirk Anderson (2016)

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Simo Häyhä - a was a Finnish military sniper during World War II in the 1939–1940 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. It is said that he killed over 500 men.

Posted 16 days ago
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My uncle Raymond saying goodbye to his girlfriend before departing to Vietnam.

Posted 17 days ago