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I managed to get hold of some of these photographs..

My personal comment – they are very very powerful .

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1.Racism/Segregation in the United States (Douglas Martin, USA)

1.Racism/Segregation in the United States (Douglas Martin, USA)

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.

2.Assasination (Yasushi Nagao, Japan)

2.Assasination (Yasushi Nagao, Japan)

January 12, 1960. A second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader
Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student.

3.Protest (Malcolm W. Browne, USA)

 3.Protest (Malcolm W. Browne, USA)

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 made a sound or moved while he was burning.

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