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Klan initiates (including some Atlanta policemen) stand before a burning cross during a ritual in Georgia, 1946. history

Bigotry in the USA: Photos From a Ku Klux Klan Initiation

Pope Pius XI, whose desire to be buried below St. Peter's nave led to the historic excavations, lies in his stone sarcophagus in renovated upper grottoes. history

LIFE at the Vatican: Unearthing History Beneath St. Peter’s

Tears stream down the cheeks of accordion-playing Chief Petty Officer (USN) Graham Jackson as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's flag-draped funeral train leaves Warm Springs, Ga., April 13, 1945. history

Mourning FDR: In a Classic Photo, the Face of a Nation’s Loss

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LIFE in the Middle East: Power and Petroleum in the Gulf in 1945

Farewell to departing troops at New York's Penn Station, April 1943. history

The Heartache of Wartime Farewells, 1943

LIFE and Civil Rights: Anatomy of a Protest, Virginia, 1960 history

Civil Rights: Preparation and Protest, 1960

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It All Falls Apart: Stalingrad, and a Photographer’s Film, in Ruins

Londoners sleep in the city's Underground for protection during German bombing raids, 1941. history

Down, Not Out, in London: LIFE in the Underground, 1940

John and Jackie Kennedy walk to JFK's inauguration ceremony from the White House, January 1961. history

The Dawn of Camelot: JFK’s Inauguration

Gangster Mickey Cohen smells flowers at home in Los Angeles, 1949. history

Mickey Cohen: Gangster in the Sun

Eames-designed chairs, 1950. history

Design Genius: Charles and Ray Eames

In the shadowy slum world into which she was born in Rio de Janeiro, 3-year old Isabel da Silva cries to herself after vainly seeking comfort from her exhausted father, Jose. history

A Fierce and Tender Eye: Gordon Parks on Poverty’s Dire Toll

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