The Muse Brothers: How Two Kidnapped Albino African-American Brothers Became Unwilling Circus Stars
In the early 20th century, a captivating yet heart-wrenching story unfolded, centere…
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Dorothy Counts: The Teenager Who Challenged the Segregation, 1957
Dorothy Counts made national news in September 1957, when at the age of 15, she …
Colonial Postcards From a Disturbing Past: Photos From 1890-1914
By the 1890s postcards were widely available throughout continental Europe. The …
The Black Sharecroppers of the American South Through Old Photographs, 1939-1941
After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. Th…
These Photographs Show the KKK Washington Parade of 1926
The early 1920s were the gilded age for the Ku Klux Klan, as many successful and…
Rare Pictures of the Chicago Race Riots of 1919
In 1919 Chicago was in the throes of an exhausting heatwave. Thousands flocked t…
The Civil Rights Battles in Rare Historical Pictures, 1964
Following World War II, pressures to recognize, challenge, and change inequaliti…
Human Zoos: The Western World’s Shameful Secret, 1900-1958
These shocking rare photographs show how so-called 'human zoos' around the world…
Detroit Riot of 1967 in Rare Historical Pictures
On July 23, 1967, a police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in the arrest of 8…
The Racist Signs of Apartheid Seen Through Rare Photographs From 1950-1990
There are few words more closely associated with 20th-century South African hist…
A Lone African-American Man Attends a Klan Rally in Jackson, USA, 1950
A lone African-American boy, left foreground, stands in a sparse crowd that turn…
Chinese Americans Labeling Themselves to Avoid Being Confused with the Hated Japanese Americans, 1941
World War II brought momentous change to America's Chinese community. For decade…
A Race Education Class at a School for German Girls: Photo From 1943
The three groups displayed on the poster are, from top to bottom, "ostbaltische …
The Internment of Japanese-Americans in Historical Pictures, 1942-1944
The internment of Japanese-Americans into camps during World War II was one of t…
Ruby Bridges, the First African-American to Attend a White Elementary School in the Deep South, 1960
On the road to Civil Rights, even children became public figures, such as six-ye…
A Weird Photo: Ku Klux Klan on a Ferris Wheel in 1926
On April 27, 1926, the Cañon City Daily Record ran a surprising bulletin on its …
A German Woman Facing Public Humiliation Because of a Romantic Affair with a Polish Man, 1942
German racial laws were strictly enforced and sexual relationships between Germa…
Winning Family of the Fittest Family Award Stands Outside of the Eugenics Building, 1925
The American Eugenics Society presented eugenics exhibits at state fairs through…
The Five Races of Mankind According to This German Poster from 1911
The picture/poster shows five men representing five different cultural spheres: …
A Jewish Woman who is Concealing her Face Sits on a Park Bench Marked “Only for Jews”, 1938
The Holocaust was a gradual process. The Nazis didn't start mass extermination w…