Truman placed a wreath at the monument of the Los Niños Héroes(1947). 6 Mexican cadets who would rather die than surrender during the Mexican-American war. Asked why he made the visit, Truman said simply, “Brave men don’t belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.”

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President Lyndon B Johnson at the signing of the Civil Rights Act, 1964. Political figures such as Robert Kennedy & Hubert Humphrey can be seen in the background. Both Martin Luther King Jr. & FBI director J Edgar Hoover, who launched a campaign of subterfuge against him, are present (8578×8380)

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British cartoon showing Churchill embracing the Soviet bear during the Second World War, but condemning it in the interwar and postwar periods, 1946.

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Iranian illustration (1960) satirising the ‘unveiling’ of Iranian women. Published on the cover of Tofigh, a famous satirical magazine.

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