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Armenian Bible
A woman holds a small Armenian bible during a service at the Holy Mother of God church in Vakifli, Turkey. Less than 30 Armenian families populate the small town and surrounding area, which is located near the Turkish border with Syria. Although Armenians are allowed to celebrate their traditions in Turkey, many fear asserting their ethnic origins, which means living in near silence to avoid trouble.
Armenian Genocide Workshop New York Times Headline July 12 1915
Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian Genocide Survivor and Activist, and His Flute
Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian genocide survivor and activist, holds his flute in a doorway, with a pile of skulls visible in the background. Cambodia, 2002
August Landmesser, German shipyard worker, Refuses to Participate in Saluting Hitler
In 1936, August Landmesser, a shipyard worker in Hamburg, Germany, refused to participate in this Heil Hitler salute.
Bandages
One of Ngaujah’s sons wraps his father’s arms with the white bandages that he wears when he goes out in public. His wife makes sure that his navy blue suit is always clean and carefully pressed. Photograph by Sara Terry.
Buffalo Kill
Oglala tribal rangers shot a buffalo that will be processed and distributed to tribal members for ceremonial and social events across the Pine Ridge Reservation. The Lakota tribes of the Great Plains traditionally depended on the buffalo for food, clothing, shelter, and spiritual guidance. The US government supported the extermination of the buffalo from the American West.
Bystander
Eternity Gaddy was a 13-year-old bystander struck by a stray bullet during a suspected gang shooting in 2008. Eternity was shot in the head and died just a few hours later. The young resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and her mother had been spending the summers in Humboldt Park, the sometimes-violent Chicago neighborhood from which the family had moved years ago.
Calvin Chew Wong Immigration Card
Adjusting to life in America was difficult for Calvin, not speaking a word of English. He had to start school a month after his arrival, beginning first grade at nine years old. He persevered in school and entered University of California Berkeley in 1949 until he was drafted in 1951 to fight in the Korean war. After the war he returned to the US, received a combat medic’s badge and 4 battle stars and graduated from Berkeley in 1956.
Calvin Chew Wong in the Army
After graduating from Alameda High School in June 1949, Calvin attended University of California at Berkeley in 1949. While at University, he was drafted to serve in the Korean War in January 1951. After serving, he returned to school to complete a degree in electrical engineering and went on to work in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley.
Celebrating a Goal
A football player from Murray's Dream Team is seen here celebrating a goal scored during a match being held to mark the team's commemoration day. Photograph by Pep Bonet.
Coffin
A man carries the coffin of a villager killed during a massacre by the Guatemalan army in 1981 in Cocop, Nebaj, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Guatemala City, in this photograph taken on June 10, 2008. After the exhumation of 76 villagers killed on April 16, 1981, in Cocop, a team of forensic anthropologists made a scientific study of the bones and clothes of the massacred villagers to identify their remains.
Conviction and Courage
Chinese citizens, and American and British visitors, evacuate Nanjing in preparation for an attack by the Japanese.
