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Marian Anderson performs during her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial, April 9, 1939. history

The Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

World Trade Center 1983 history

Lower Manhattan’s Lost Anchors: Remembering the Twin Towers

Bulging at beach in 1949, 197-pound Dorothy [Bradley] self-consciously leaves locker room for swim. She covered up embarrassment by being jolly and gregarious history

Obesity in America: Photos From the Early Days of a National Health Crisis

A group of women and children huddle in terror moments before being murdered by American troops in the village of My Lai, Vietnam, March 16, 1968. history

American Atrocity: Remembering My Lai

A Ku Klux Klan member demonstrates ritualistic aspects of a KKK meeting, Georgia, May 1946. history

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

Classic sculpture adorns the Marci sarcophagus of Q. Marcius Hermes and his wife. 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

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

True Romance: The Heartache of Wartime Farewells, 1943

Behind the Picture: Marines Blow Up a Blockhouse, Iwo Jima, 1945 history

Behind the Picture: Marines Blow Up a Blockhouse, Iwo Jima, 1945

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

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

Wide-eyed fascination is displayed by boys as Rankin holds his revolver with the cylinder opened to show them there are no shells in it. history

Portraits of Schoolkids Learning Firearm Safety in Rural Indiana, 1956

Workers on Montana's Fort Peck Dam blow off steam at night, 1936. history

LIFE’s First-Ever Cover Story: Building the Fort Peck Dam, 1936

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