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LIFE’s Celebration of a Year in High School, 1958.

LIFE magazine coverage of Kent State in May 1970. history

How LIFE Magazine Covered the Kent State Shootings

Jennie and Jim Magill coming home from work. history

Portrait of a Working Mother in the 1950s

Labor activist Cesar Chavez (C) talking in field with grape pickers in support of the United Farm Workers Union in Delano, California, 1968. history

Cesar Chavez’s Quiet Yet Complicated Approach to Leadership

'Selma Starts the Savage Season,' LIFE, March 19, 1965 history

How LIFE Magazine Covered the Selma Marches in 1965

Photographer Zack Brown shooting dapper men in Harlem, ca. 1937 history

9 Iconic Photographs From Black History

Coca-Cola is on sale at Jimmie's Trailer Camp on U.S. 1, outside Washington, D.C., in 1938. history

See Photos of Vintage Coca-Cola Signs from New York City to Bangkok

American teens in Paris 1952 history

‘Wow, Quel Babes!’: American Teenagers in Paris in the 1950s

Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches toward a stricken comrade after a fierce firefight south of the DMZ, Vietnam, October 1966. history

Powerful Portraits of Vietnam: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966

Adolf Eichmann awaits trial in Israel, 1961. history

Adolf Eichmann in Israel: Portraits of a Nazi War Criminal

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Crimea: Where War Photography Was Born

In aura of fun and well-being, students dance in gym of Carlsbad's high school at weekly "Sock Hop" to music of a 12-piece student band. history

‘The Luckiest Generation’: Teenagers in the ’50s

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