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Wow. I've never seen this photo in color.LK after being shot Loraine motel, Memphis 1968
damn this shit is deep man i wonder how things would be if king x would still be alive
LK after being shot Loraine motel, Memphis 1968
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I wonder how good these dudes were in fighting! They look the part(Movies)
Men, with their hair in Qing braids, eating a meal.
Hong Kong. 1880.Wikimedia Commons
Peasant men carry bricks of tea on their back. The bricks of tea on their backs weigh more than 300 pounds. These men would often have to make deliveries by walking 112 miles on foot, with all of that weight on their backs,
Sichuan. 1908.
Three merchants in traditional dress reflecting class hierarchies, with the two older men (seated) wearing furs or more elaborate robes and the younger man (standing) wearing plainer clothes.
Kwangtung. 1869.
A woman poses with her maid (right) near a bronze incense burner.
That South African(San) is showing!!!
Two musicians pose with their instruments.
Kwangtung. 1869.
This photo is labeled "The Abbot of the Monastery." The subject is likely a Taoist priest.
Religion was suppressed during the Cultural Revolution under Marxist ideals. Taoists had to practice their religion in secret.
Chekiang. 1906.
Men smoking opium. During the Kuomintang party's rule in the early 1900s, opium was trafficked to fund the party.
The Communist Party, however, took a much harder line with opium and classified drug traffickers as the "enemies of the people." By 1951, the Communist Party claimed that opium abuse had been "wiped out."
Location unspecified. 1880.
Before the Communist Party came into power, opium abuse was officially illegal. But in practice, it was fairly common. These smokers are hiding out in an illegal den.
Beijing. 1932.
Chinese policemen punish a criminal by lashing him with a big paddle, a common punishment in old China. During the Communist era, this punishment would be shown in period dramas as an example of Qing cruelty.
Location unspecified. 1900.
A family from a minority group in Lanzhou. China is an incredibly diverse country, containing some 55 unique ethnicities, each one with its own culture.
During the Cultural Revolution, ethnic minorities were pressured to give up their special statuses and cultures and embrace the new world of the revolution -- usually by force.
Lanzhou. 1944.
Taiwanese aborigines from the Bunun tribe. When the Communist Party came into power in 1945, the nationalist Kuomintang fled to Taiwan. There, they installed a "one language, one culture" policy that eroded the Bunun way of life.
Taiwan. 1900.
"The Past Is The Past": 44 Stunning Photos China Before The Cultural Revolution
Communist revolutionaries in China sought to erase any and all vestiges of "Old" China. Here's what that place looked like.
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Three young girls with bound feet. In imperial China, young girls would have their feet bound, crushing them into a tiny, mutilated shape they called the "lotus foot."
The Communist Party viewed foot binding as a symbol of China's "backwardness" that needed to be eliminated.
Liao Chow, Shanxsi. 1920s.
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Meet The Skoptsy, The Russian Religious Zealots Who Castrated Themselves To Be Closer To God
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Meet The Russian Religious Zealots Who Castrated Themselves To Be Closer To God
The Skoptsy's goal was to reach 144,000 members — and so they allegedly recruited children and prisoners to cut off their genitals.
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Tanzanian city of Kilwa, which was described by a visiting Arab scribe as “one of the most beautiful and well-constructed cities in the world, the whole of it is elegantly built”. Kilwa dated back to the 9th Century and was at its peak in the 13th and 14th Centuries. Its architecture included Gothic arches and intricate stonework, and it was a major trading hub that minted its own coins. In 1505, Kilwa (along with the city of Mombasa) was destroyed by the Portuguese.
The Sultan’s Palace in Kilwa
First time I'm seeing this picture at this size. This is where Jessie Jackson has been accused of pointing in the wrong direction after MLK was shot. After seeing this I too must ask why he pointed in that direction? I see no clear shot of that hotel floor from that direction. So what was Jessie pointing act that made others react to his reaction. I would love to see other pics/angles from that balcony.
Resurrection City in Washington D.C. in May of 1968. The Poor People’s Campaign was conceived by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but after his assassination the month prior, people from all over the United States joined one another in a live-in demonstration for six weeks on the National Mall. These photographs were taken by photographer, Robert Houston.
Very dope thread thanks! 
Man I tell people the same thing. We are so bloated now!
Ritual. Color slides taken in Haiti by an unknown photographer during a gathering trip, circa 1970. The photographs are part of the University of Central Florida digital library collection.
In January 1922, Colonel Charles Young, an honorary member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and the first black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the United States Army, passed away. Young was also the first black U.S. national park superintendent and the first black military attaché. Young was forced into retirement during the summer of 1917 because of a medical condition. Many African Americans and white supporters felt this act was the government’s way of ensuring he would not be allowed to lead troops during the war, maintaining his colonel rank and thereby becoming eligible for promotion to general officer. Like the Regular Army Buffalo Soldiers with whom he served for more than 20 years, Young was denied his desire to serve his country as a combat officer and reach his full potential.⠀
Imagine the mindset of everyone in that picture?.....i would have been pointing everywhere too....
Garrett Morgan, the inventor of the smoke hood, hired a white actor to pose as the real inventor during presentations and marketing of his device. His secret was exposed after using his invention in an emergency to rescue several people from a collapsed tunnel, and his sales dropped sharply.
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Black Beautiful-ness Personified!
Rosa Parks practicing yoga in Detroit, 1973. The last photo shows Parks’ personal notes about yoga practice, dated Jan 1981
Newark Riot: 12-year-old Joe Bass Jr. was hit by buckshot spread during a police/civilian altercation. The photo of Bass Jr. shocked the world on the cover of the July 28, 1967 issue of Life Magazine. Joe Bass Jr. survived.
Props for that picture. And wow she had all girlsA Mother and her daughters - Taken sometime in the early 1900s
Jamaican Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) volunteers dressed in their ‘English’ coats leave The Colonial Centre in Russell Square, London 17th February 1943. Source: Imperial War Museum (PLP 3836D)
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Rising Star
A Mother and her daughters - Taken sometime in the early 1900s
Moms reminds me of Erykah Badu
