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Eatnineghost.com has an interesting series of photos from historical events over the last fifty years, ranging from anti-segregation struggles in the US to Iraq war. Interestingly, 60% the photos below can be linked to direct US involvement, showing once again showing the truth behind the US’ claims of being the beacon for democracy, justice and human rights. Looking back over theose pictures it’s hard not to get the feeling that nothing much has changed in essence in the ways we humans live our lives.

I’m showing here just a selection of those photos on Eatnineghost …

1957. The first day of Dorothy Counts at the Harry Harding High
School in the United States . Counts was one of the first black
students admitted in the school, and she was no longer able to
stand the harassments after 4 days.

1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam,
burns himself to death protesting the government’s torture
policy against priests. Thich Quang Dug never madea sound
or moved while he was burning.

1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam are dragging a dead Vietkong
soldier.

February 1, 1968. South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan
shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier.

1973. A few seconds before Chile ’s elected president Salvador
Allende is dead during the coup.

1975. A woman and a girl falling down after the fire escape
collapses.

1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionary.

1989. A young man in China stands before the tanks during
protests for democratic reforms.

1994. A man who was tortured by the soldiers since he was
suspected to have spoken with the Tutsi rebels.

2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries to calm down his child.

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