Rare and very interesting photos

San Francisco Earthquake aftermath. (1906)
Photo: Arnold Genthe

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wow

i was talking to a black guy on friday whose grandparents and mom were born right here in SF

his mom still lives there but he lives in the east bay as it's cheaper
 
A black soldier and a white soldier from different units (the army is segregated at this time) square off during the Chicago Race Riots of 1919. A total of 38 people (23 black, 15 white) would die, with thousands of black families forced from there homes through fear and attacks on them. The army was called in to quell the violence

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18-year-old Keshia Thomas shields a man wearing a Confederate T-shirt from an angry crowd during a Ku Klux Klan rally on June 22, 1996, outside Ann Arbor's city hall in Michigan, USA.

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Muhammad Ali prevents a suicide 1981

“Over the next few days, Ali spent over $2,000 getting the man clothes, an apartment and a job. The poor fellow broke down in tears. He couldn’t believe the heavyweight champion was helping him,” Bingham said.”

“He grasped Ali by the hands, tears running down his cheeks, and said: ‘I spent years alone after returning from Vietnam. ‘I became convinced that nobody cares whether I live or die, so I decided I would die – but you changed that for me. You have given me the strength to carry on,’” Bingham claimed.

Ali stayed in touch with the vet for years, Bingham said.

“The champ called him every few months. There’s no doubt that Ali saved his life and helped him get a new start,” he said.
 
Portrait of the children involved in the landmark Civil Rights lawsuit 'Brown V. Board of Education,' which challenged the legality of American public school segregation, Topeka, Kansas, 1953. From front, Vicki Henderson, Donald Henderson, Linda Brown (the 'Brown' of the case's name), James Emanuel, Nancy Todd, and Katherine Carper

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1956: A racist road sign in Johannesburg, South Africa, reading 'Caution Beware Of Natives

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That is one hell of a picture and we have been going thru this for generations. For thousands of years we have been going thru this. All over the world they have hid our true identity and our existence before them and we sit by helpless over here in America and witness this land being taken by devils.
 
This is by far one of the most classic gems that BGOL ever brought to the table.

Highlighting our past through these remarkable pics is a profound way to honor those that paved the way, and set the tone and path for us to have the freedom we endure today.

Propz to OP for creating this great thread.
 
"See the thing is; my ROTC teacher told me I was gonna end up dead or in jail. I grew up without a father figure in my life. I wore most of the same clothes from middle till I graduated. We were on food stamps and lived in the hood. Those are circumstances that I did not let dictate my life. I did not become a product of my environment. Some of my friends called me stupid. Now look at me. I became aware that I control my destiny. I became aware that I could be the Man that I was intended to be. I became aware that there was only one branch that could build me into a Man. I became a Marine!
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Donald Trump, Mike Tyson and Fred Trump attend Mike Tyson Press Conference on July 26, 1988 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

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