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Openly queer jazz singer Gladys Bentley (left) and jazz band leader Willie Bryant (right), USA, 1936

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Paul Downing, a Black Cherokee trans man arrested in the UK, ~1905

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Aftermath of the MOVE bombing by police, Philadelphia, USA, 1985

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Oops! All Tyranny! Classical Antiquity (~100 BCE)

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Mississippi's first legally married interracial couple, Berta and Roger Mills, enjoying their wedding cake. USA, 1970.

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Gemstone cameo of an African woman, made in Italy, ~1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Whipping scars of a former Mississippi slave, US Civil War, 1863

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Waow mistreatment of an underclass has never led to anything bad ever Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) 19th Century History

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Cameo of an African man, gold, gems, and enamel, France, late 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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"An African Princess Arrives For School", photograph by Eve Arnold; London, UK, 1964

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Civil Rights demonstrator being arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 1963

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African medical students in Quedlinburg, East Germany, 1963

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Newlywed couple in Harlem, NYC, USA, 1970s

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Learning the wrong lessons 19th Century History

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Politics is all about trust! Classical Antiquity (~100 BCE)

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I can't believe the man with absolute power is using his absolute power 😭 Classical Antiquity (~100 BCE)

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Infantry with a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), Ethiopia, 1934

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Chad Ronald McNair 20th Century History

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Imagine making Patton look progressive 😬 Life is truly noncredible

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Imagine making Patton look progressive 😬 20th Century History

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Senegalese soldiers in the French Army on the Western Front, WW1, 1917

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"THIS... is my BOOMSTICK!" Early Modern Period (~1600 AD)

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Wow, I'm sure this will work out well 19th Century History 20th Century History

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"Oh? You did Jihad against some neighboring heathen raiders? That's cool, I guess. I did it across THE ATLANTIC OCEAN" 19th Century History

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Fighter pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen, highly-decorated African-American units in WW2, photo taken on the Italian Front, 1944

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King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra, Houston, Texas, USA, 1921

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Homesteaders in Nebraska, USA, 1886

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Former slaves at Edisto Island, South Carolina, US Civil War, 1862

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"Back in YOUR day..." 20th Century History

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Sergeant Josef Mambo (center) of the Imperial German Army, WW1, ~1916?

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Mixed race child slaves, New Orleans, US Civil War, 1863

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African-American inventor Eugene Burkins and his machine gun, USA, sometime around or after 1900

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

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Ad hoc school for freedmen in Edisto Island, South Carolina, US Civil War, ~1865?

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

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

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Grocery store in Harlem, New York, USA, 1940

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15 year-old Dorothy Counts, the only Black student in her newly desegregated school, is harassed by white students. Family friend Dr. Edwin Tompkins accompanies her. North Carolina, USA, 1957

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London's first Black police officer, PC Norwell Roberts, 1968

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George Speck and Katie Speck Wicks, American heroes 😭🙏 19th Century History

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Let the slavers die if they want to :) 19th Century History

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Men of the Harlem Hellfighters decorated with the Croix de guerre by France in WW1 for valor in battle, photo taken postwar, 1919

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'Exodusters', African-American migrants, waiting for a steamboat to take them west, USA, 1879?

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African-American troops taking up firing positions, US Civil War, 1864

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Marble bust of an African man, made in Venice, Italy, ~1700 AD Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Ophelia DeVore Mitchell, groundbreaking African-American model, businesswoman, and publisher, on an outing with her family, 1946

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Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist and women's rights activist, USA, 1864

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Schoolboys in Harlem, New York, USA, ~1930

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African-American cowgirl (Nellie Brown?), western USA, ~1880s

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Ahmet Ali Celikten, one of the first Black fighter pilots, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, WW1, possibly 1914 or 1915?

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