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Note: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the pulpit.

Year: 1964

Copyright: Flip Schulke/Black Star

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Note: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stands at the desk in his office, with a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi behind him.

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Note: Coretta Scott King at the funeral Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Year: 1968

Copyright: Flip Schulke/Black Star

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Note: In Montgomery, Alabama, a white man swings a baseball bat at a female shopper, while another strikes a woman in the background. The attack occurred the day after black students were refused service at a whites-only cafeteria.

Year: 1960

Copyright: Charles Moore

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Note: Malcolm X is photographed in Cairo, Egypt.

Year: 1964

Copyright: John Launois

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Note: Protests follow the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis

Year: 1968

Copyright: Ron McCool

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Note: Longtime Miami Beach resident Anna Kronenfeld at age 76.

Year: 1977

Copyright: Henning Christoph

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Note: A Miami Beach retiree feeds a neighbor's dog.

Year: 1977

Copyright: Henning Christoph

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Note: Pensioners in Miami Beach

Year: 1977

Copyright: Henning Christoph

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Note: A pot maker at a bazaar in Shiraz, Iran.

Year: 1984

Copyright: Michael Coyne

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Note: A woman being pampered at a massage and beauty salon in China.

Year: 2007

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Note: A highland warrior in Papua, New Guinea.

Year: 1984

Copyright: Michael Coyne

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Note: In the bush village of Sabtenga, Burkina Faso, the Chief of the Young People, Musanai Zemnai, holds up peanuts -- which the Bissa people group is known for growing.

Copyright: Stanley Leary

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Note: This little girl was startled by the white photographer's presence in her village of Konadouga, Burkina Faso. She quickly ran away after this photo was taken.

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Note: Diane Zuma plays with water at a well in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. There are two types of wells in this area: one that is open and not safe to drink from, and this kind -- deep, covered and much safer to use.

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Note: A farmer with his cow in Hong Qiao, a village in Wuhan, central China.

Year: 2007

Copyright: Michael Coyne

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Note: Mourners pay homage at a homemade altar in the house of the dead man in Hong Qiao, a village in Wuhan, central China.

Year: 2007

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Note: Gravediggers at a Taoist funeral in Hong Qiao, a village in Wuhan, central China.

Year: 2007

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Note: Surfer Tim Bowler during the Alaskan winter.

Year: 2007

Copyright: Scott Dickerson

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Note: A Pacific herring caught in a commercial fisherman's net during the Togiak herring fishery in the Bering Sea, Alaska.

Year: 2007

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Note: Aerial view of a commercial fishing boat working with its net during the Togiak herring fishery, which takes place each spring in the Bering Sea, Alaska.

Year: 2006

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Note: A Mami Wata priest does a final prayer and the novice falls asleep.

Copyright: Henning Christoph

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Note: A Ghanaian follower of the Mami Wata voodoo gets possessed by Mami Wata.

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Note: In Ghana, an adulteress and follower of the Mami Wata voodoo is possessed by Mami Wata and must confess to the public.

Copyright: Henning Christoph

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Note: A farmer plays with his dogs on a property in the Numurkah district, Victoria, Australia.

Year: 2006

Copyright: Michael Coyne

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Note: A local shearer demonstrates his skills with the local sheep on a farm in the Numurkah district.

Year: 2006

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Note: Shaun stands outside his house, which is covered in Christmas decorations. Shaun lives in the center of the town of Numurkah, Victoria, Australia.

Year: 2006

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Note: Dancer on a showboat in front of the Opera House in Sydney Harbour.

Year: 2000

Copyright: Michael Coyne

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Note: Physical trainers at the Sydney Olympic Games.

Year: 2000

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Note: An Olympic boxing trainer at a gymnasium in Sydney.

Year: 2000

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