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Two Freedom Riders (anti-segregation protesters) after being assaulted by a segregationist mob, USA, 1961

Schoolgirls holding hands during the integration of schooling districts, Massachusetts, USA, 1975

NAACP march for racial justice, Wisconsin, USA, 1968

'The Commandos', an anti-segregation self-defense group, and Father James Groppi, their advisor, Wisconsin, USA, 1966

Pamela Echols grapples with a police officer during housing desegregation protests, Illinois, USA, 1967

Ethiopian militia in front of a castle near Addis Ababa (possibly near Mount Entoto?), Ethiopia, ~1900?

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What your special interest might have looked like in Russia, 1886

Mounted lancers in northern Nigeria, ~1921

Berber village of Kabaw, Libya, ~1938

Lagos, Nigeria, in the 1940s or 1950s

The Six Grandfathers, 1910

Two US soldiers in an embrace in the snow, Austrian Alps, WW2, 1945

Two men sharing an informal wedding ceremony, USA, ~1900

127th Ohio Infantry, the first African-American regiment raised in Ohio, US Civil War, 1863

Some kids jumping out of windows onto mattresses for fun (England, 1980s)

Mosque in Cameroon, 1910

Legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman (left) with her family, New York, USA, 1887

Jerry Lawson, father of the video game cartridge, USA, 1982

Finnish soldier firing the flamethrower attachment to the Suomi M/44 submachine gun. (1940s)