Month: May 2020

“For the young, the old, the poor and the black, living in America is brutal. We want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of black people, other people of color, all oppressed people inside the United States.” Emory Douglas, 1975

Protester Guy Burmieux encounters his childhood friend, policeman Jean-Yvon Antignac, on April 6, 1972 [1280×899]

Four of the German soldiers in this photo have been awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class,only the ribbon from this award was worn on the tunic. It’s estimated that over 4,000,000 of these awards were issued during the Second World War, with an estimated 300,000 1st Class awards also issued.

The future King Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, dressed in Samurai clothing during a visit to Japan in 1922 [594×464]

Kitty Genovese, whose murder in 1964 led to research into the Bystander Effect

African American flood victims line up to get food and clothing from a Red Cross relief station in front of billboard ironically extolling WORLD’S HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING THERE’S NO WAY LIKE THE AMERICAN WAY, taken in 1940 [1600×1191]

1979 Hanna-Barbera ad celebrating the 10th year of Scooby-Doo