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Unidentified young women, Kutno, Nazi-occupied Poland, 1939. history

The Brink of Oblivion: Color Photos From Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1940

Martin Luther King Jr. (seated, at right) watches the Shirelles perform during the Salute to Freedom benefit concert in Birmingham, Ala., August 5, 1963. history

March on Washington: Rare Photos of a Star-Studded Fundraiser, 1963

Defendants Roy Bryant, left, and J.W. Milam during their trial for the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. history

A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till

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‘Nurse Midwife’: W. Eugene Smith’s Chronicle of a Rural Hero

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Iowa, 1942 history

‘Take off the Silk, Put on the Khaki’: America’s First Women Soldiers, 1942

Not published in LIFE. The Apollo 11 astronauts discuss their upcoming moon mission with an engineer from Houston's Mission Control Center (second from right), Texas, 1969. history

Up Close and Personal With Apollo 11: A LIFE Photographer’s Story

Photo from a LIFE magazine article on teen pregnancy, 1971. history

Fighting Teen Pregnancy: Portrait of a Radical High School Program, 1971

Armed forces of new state are built on Haganah militia. Members are shown here riding trucks down Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway to go into action near Bab el Wad. history

Born Under Fire: Rare Photos From the Birth of Israel

Surfing, 1959. history

Hawaii Before Statehood: Color Photos, 1959

Jimmy Stewart on the phone, 1945 history

Jimmy Stewart, 1945: A War Hero Comes Home

Hundreds of corpses on the ground beneath trees at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, April 1945. history

At the Gates of Hell: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, April 1945

World Trade Center 1983 history

Lower Manhattan’s Lost Anchors: Remembering the Twin Towers

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