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NATO (Soviet cartoon, 1979)
A 1940 prison photo of Cleo Wright. Two years later, Wright was lynched. A white mob dragged him from his cell to to a black neighborhood and burned him alive in view of two church congregations. It was the first lynching to occur after the United States entered World War II, Missouri .
When former slave Jordan Anderson was asked to come back and work for his old master, he replied with a deadpan letter asking for 52 years’ back pay as proof of good faith. The letter has been described as a rare example of documented ‘slave humor’ of the period. Below is Jourdon Anderson’s Letter.
‘Victorian Child’ photo I found in an antique shop. I fell in love with how awkwardly perfect this photo is. I would really like to learn more, but I don’t know where to start.
My Great Grandmother Violet in 1919, London
“Threats To Peace,” c. 1970
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My mother would’ve turned 93 today
Car and Motorcycle accident, the Bronx (1978)
“Without women’s participation, suffrage is not “universal.”, Women’s demonstration during the February Revolution in Russia, 1917
Stop war campaign by the British Union of Fascists, opposing Britain’s entry into World War 2 and demanding a referendum
My grandparents wedding photo, Chicago, 1950
The Saga of Brick Mason Male Adventurer. 1966
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