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Richard and Mildred Loving, The Crime of Being Married, 1966. history

LIFE Magazine and Loving: The Photos That Captured a History-Making Couple

Aerial view of a DC-4 passenger plane flying over midtown Manhattan. An almost identical photograph from this shoot was published in the June 19, 1939, issue of LIFE. history

The Best of LIFE: 37 Years in Pictures

The Fire Last Time: Life in Watts, 1966 history

The Fire Last Time: LIFE in Watts, 1966

Gay Pride, 1971. history

Silent No More: Early Days in the Fight for Gay Rights

Will D. Campbell, alone on the Lorraine Motel balcony, gazes out into the night. "This picture was probably made as soon as we got there," Groskinsky told LIFE.com. "When I saw him standing there, alone, I thought it looked as if he was just asking himsel history

The Night MLK Was Murdered: A Photographer’s Story

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

The Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

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

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

Arkansas National Guardsmen prevent African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School, September 1957. destinations

Brave Hearts: Remembering the Little Rock Nine

Malcolm X by Eve Arnold people

Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam: Eve Arnold’s Quietly Powerful Portraits

African-American maid prepares a white family's supper in Greenville, SC, 1956. history

LIFE and Civil Rights: Segregation in 1956 South Carolina

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