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Straw hat worn during the 1966 March Against Fear

Straw hat with a cloth band around the crown. The cloth band is multi-colored with blue and green stripes and the word [FREEDOM] written around it in…

Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Act enforced the constitutional right to vote, conferred jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States, provided injunctive relief…

WWII: Europe: Wetzlar, Germany; "Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured Dulag-Luft POW Camp"

"Sgt. Edward Hill, Manchester, England, captured five years ago at Dunkerque was freed when American Seventh Armored Division, First Army captured…

INDIA ARMS AND ABUSES IN INDIAN PUNJAB AND KASHMIR

Although the Indian governments crackdown in Punjab has largely crushed militant activity for the time being, arms are still widely dispersed among…

INDIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER A STATE SWEPT BY RELIGIOUS STRIFE

The central Government dismissed the Punjab state government Thursday night and took direct control of the state in an attempt to halt more than a…

JEWISH PARACHUTIST HANNAH SZENES WITH HER BROTHER

Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes with her brother, before leaving for a rescue mission.

Between 1943 and 1945, a group of Jewish men and women…

VICTIMS' SHOES AT MAJDANEK

A Soviet soldier walks through a mound of victims' shoes piled outside a warehouse in Majdanek soon after the liberation. Majdanek, Poland

Women: There's work to be done and a war to be won ... Now! See your U.S. Employment Service / / Vernon Grant for OWI.

Cartoon showing women constructing the word "Women" and working on a jeep.

Ann Caracristi

A photograph of Ann Caracristi, a cryptanalyst who worked as a code breaker during World War II. She later became the first female deputy director of…