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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 .

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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 .

A photo of Los Alamos scientists during the Trinity Test of 1945. The two scientists in the middle, Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin, would both die within a year after exposure to the so called 'Demon Sphere', a sphere of plutonium involved in two separate criticality accidents.

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A photo of Los Alamos scientists during the Trinity Test of 1945. The two scientists in the middle, Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin, would both die within a year after exposure to the so called 'Demon Sphere', a sphere of plutonium involved in two separate criticality accidents.

In 1972, I was fast. James Monroe High School, Sepulveda, California.

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In 1972, I was fast. James Monroe High School, Sepulveda, California.

X-ray of Albert Fish after his (1934) arrest for the 1928 murder of 10-year-old Grace Budd, showing more than two dozen self-embedded needles in his groin and pelvis.

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X-ray of Albert Fish after his (1934) arrest for the 1928 murder of 10-year-old Grace Budd, showing more than two dozen self-embedded needles in his groin and pelvis.

Political cartoon by Bruce Beattie, 2000s

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Political cartoon by Bruce Beattie, 2000s

A South African sentry stands guard with a smile on his face as a Malagasy girl imitates him. Taken during the Allied invasion of Madagascar. September 1942, Madagascar

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A South African sentry stands guard with a smile on his face as a Malagasy girl imitates him. Taken during the Allied invasion of Madagascar. September 1942, Madagascar

White cap kid hitting on a girl at a Fleetwood Mac concert, 1977

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White cap kid hitting on a girl at a Fleetwood Mac concert, 1977

That look!👀 80‘

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That look!👀 80‘

"Typhoid Mary" Mallon quarantined for life on North Brother Island, New York City, 1915

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"Typhoid Mary" Mallon quarantined for life on North Brother Island, New York City, 1915

Picture of Hanafi Mat Hassan, a infamous Malaysian murderer who raped and killed 24 year-old Noor Suzaily Mukhtar as he smiles at the victims brother. Circa 2000. 330x228

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Picture of Hanafi Mat Hassan, a infamous Malaysian murderer who raped and killed 24 year-old Noor Suzaily Mukhtar as he smiles at the victims brother. Circa 2000. 330x228

My grandpa’s mug shot from 1951. 😂 He was a troublemaker.

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My grandpa’s mug shot from 1951. 😂 He was a troublemaker.

British Labour Party advertisement, 1987

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British Labour Party advertisement, 1987

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein touching the black stone of the Kaaba in Mecca while performing an Islamic pilgrimage, 1980's. Although Iraq's Ba'ath party was originally secular, Saddam still publicly claimed to be a pious muslim. (1340x960)

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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein touching the black stone of the Kaaba in Mecca while performing an Islamic pilgrimage, 1980's. Although Iraq's Ba'ath party was originally secular, Saddam still publicly claimed to be a pious muslim. (1340x960)

'The Lost German girl' - A beaten German woman, as she stood on the roadside in Czechoslovakia - she was one of thousands of refugees in the weeks following the end of the war in Europe, c. May - July 1945.

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'The Lost German girl' - A beaten German woman, as she stood on the roadside in Czechoslovakia - she was one of thousands of refugees in the weeks following the end of the war in Europe, c. May - July 1945.

1948 - My mother when she worked for the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles

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1948 - My mother when she worked for the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles

Larry Hillblom, billionaire co-founder of DHL disappeared mysteriously in 1995.

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Larry Hillblom, billionaire co-founder of DHL disappeared mysteriously in 1995.

Woodie Guthrie, the man who created the song This Land Is Your Land and antics enthusiast, pictured with his guitar in 1943

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Woodie Guthrie, the man who created the song This Land Is Your Land and antics enthusiast, pictured with his guitar in 1943

My great uncle. Died on D-day (rip)

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My great uncle. Died on D-day (rip)

The CEO of America’s largest mail-order retailer is hauled out of his office by the Army National Guard for refusing to negotiate with workers under the National War Labor Board, resulting in the company being seized entirely by the U.S. War Department. April, 1944

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The CEO of America’s largest mail-order retailer is hauled out of his office by the Army National Guard for refusing to negotiate with workers under the National War Labor Board, resulting in the company being seized entirely by the U.S. War Department. April, 1944

Political cartoon by John Jonik 2005

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Political cartoon by John Jonik 2005