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FLOOD POLITICS-2017 cartoon made in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey mocking transphobia.

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FLOOD POLITICS-2017 cartoon made in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey mocking transphobia.

The Undertaker looks down at medical staff checking on Mankind after he fell, unscripted, through the top of Hell in a Cell into the ring 16ft below. June 28, 1998

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The Undertaker looks down at medical staff checking on Mankind after he fell, unscripted, through the top of Hell in a Cell into the ring 16ft below. June 28, 1998

My Mama, circa 1958.

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My Mama, circa 1958.

Public execution of Stutthof concentration camp personnel on 4 July 1946 by short-drop hanging. L to R , are female camp overseers Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Ewa Paradies, Elisabeth Becker, Wanda Klaff, and Gerda Steinhoff. Biskupia Górka Hill, Gdańsk.

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Public execution of Stutthof concentration camp personnel on 4 July 1946 by short-drop hanging. L to R , are female camp overseers Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Ewa Paradies, Elisabeth Becker, Wanda Klaff, and Gerda Steinhoff. Biskupia Górka Hill, Gdańsk.

Fourteen year old Mohawk and future Olympic gold medalist Waneek Horn-Miller cradling her younger sister after she herself was bayoneted in the chest by a Canadian soldier. Quebec, Oka Crisis, 26 September 1990.

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Fourteen year old Mohawk and future Olympic gold medalist Waneek Horn-Miller cradling her younger sister after she herself was bayoneted in the chest by a Canadian soldier. Quebec, Oka Crisis, 26 September 1990.

A man with his dog , 1920s

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A man with his dog , 1920s

Newly discovered photo of Grandma

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Newly discovered photo of Grandma

A 30 year difference (Chappate, 2017)

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A 30 year difference (Chappate, 2017)

On August 7th 1930, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were lynched in the town center of Marion, Indiana. Photographer Lawrence Beitler captured the scene, creating what became the most iconic photograph of lynching in America. The case was never solved.

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On August 7th 1930, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were lynched in the town center of Marion, Indiana. Photographer Lawrence Beitler captured the scene, creating what became the most iconic photograph of lynching in America. The case was never solved.

A flag-waving veteran of the Red Army confronting an anti-communist protester in Moscow, circa 1990.

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A flag-waving veteran of the Red Army confronting an anti-communist protester in Moscow, circa 1990.

Mary Wallace, the first female bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority, photographed sitting in her bus in 1974. In 1974, at the age of 22, Mary Wallace became the first woman to drive a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus.

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Mary Wallace, the first female bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority, photographed sitting in her bus in 1974. In 1974, at the age of 22, Mary Wallace became the first woman to drive a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus.

Classmates on the first day of the school in Beslan, 1st September 2004. No one survived from this photo.

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Classmates on the first day of the school in Beslan, 1st September 2004. No one survived from this photo.

15-year-old African American student Dorothy Counts starts the school year at Harry Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, amid protests, screams, and insults from White people who were against school integration, on September 4, 1957 .

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15-year-old African American student Dorothy Counts starts the school year at Harry Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, amid protests, screams, and insults from White people who were against school integration, on September 4, 1957 .

Turkish comic mocking Italy - 1939

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Turkish comic mocking Italy - 1939

My paternal grandparents at their wedding in 1973 and all 4 great grandparents.

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My paternal grandparents at their wedding in 1973 and all 4 great grandparents.

A biker group drinking beer and riding through underground tunnels on their motorcycles late at night, Moscow 1990.

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A biker group drinking beer and riding through underground tunnels on their motorcycles late at night, Moscow 1990.

Seth MacFarlane in 1999

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Seth MacFarlane in 1999

One of the Palestinian terrorists who kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes during the Munich Massacre standing on a balcony. Happened this day in 1972

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One of the Palestinian terrorists who kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes during the Munich Massacre standing on a balcony. Happened this day in 1972

My dad holding a joint for my mom, middle of no where Illinois - mid 1970s

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My dad holding a joint for my mom, middle of no where Illinois - mid 1970s

Exactly 50 years ago, Manson Family member Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to assassinate US President Ford in Sacramento, CA (September 5, 1975). This Newsweek cover shows her moments after her gun failed to fire.

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Exactly 50 years ago, Manson Family member Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to assassinate US President Ford in Sacramento, CA (September 5, 1975). This Newsweek cover shows her moments after her gun failed to fire.