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1990s mugshot of Rafael Perez, corrupt Bloods-affiliated LAPD officer accused of crimes ranging from the shooting of gang member Javier Orlando to the theft of $800,0000 in cocaine & the murder of rapper ‘The Notorious BIG.’ He inspired Denzel Washington’s character in “Training Day” (1001x871)

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John M. Wright was a white man who hid black people in his home during the Rosewood massacre of 1923. He and his wife were excommunicated for doing so and died in obscurity

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NATO leaflet during the Kosovo War (Late 1990's)

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The body of John Torrington, after being exhumed on Beechey Island (1984). Torrington was a member of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition and was one of the first to pass, sometime in late 1845. He died of pneumonia, complicated by lead poisoning (560X550).

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My grandparents dressed as aliens during Halloween in the 1970’s

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Wounded German soldiers listen to Joseph Goebbels’ “Total War” speech at the Berlin Sports Palace, February 1943 (1220x941)

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1979 islamic revolution of Iran. Mahvash aminzadeh, captured maid of the palace, beaten and burned alive by sardar salami and other Revolutionaries (sardar salami is the man holding her left shoulder, he was assassinated in the first day of the 12 day war) ( 1200x900px )

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Beachgoers in Odesa. 1989

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Children going to a 12-hour night shift in the United States, 1908

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“South Tyrol, Don’t Forget It!” Austrian poster about the Italianization of South Tyrol under Benito Mussolini, showing a Roman soldier and an enslaved Germanic man (1920s)

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Young Mexican Americans stripped and beaten on the streets of Los Angeles in 1943, due to wearing Zoot Suits.

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Two Red Army soldiers share a kiss against the backdrop of Stalin (1946, Königsberg/Kaliningrad)

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