Rare and very interesting photos. As seen in TAN

The Snoop, Pac, and Charlie Murphy pics :rofl:.

That pic with Will, Kid N Play etc makes me want to cry forreal.
 
ali and the beatles
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wilt, arnold, and hugh hefner
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afrobama
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marilyn monroe
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bill and hillary
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brooke and hulk hogan
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johnny depp
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princess d and travolta
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james brown
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elton john
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liz taylor
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steve jobs and bill gates
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mr t and nancy raegan
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via http://collectivehistory.tumblr.com/



An unexploded German parachute mine in a Liverpool garden, 1940



Making the flame of Liberty ca. 1876



A young passenger asks a station attendant for directions. Bristol Railway Station, England, 1936, by George W. Hales



a brave and formally dressed photographer shooting the city from atop a skyscraper, mid-1920s



A man hanging around in what appears to be a NYPD Aerial Police uniform c 1930s 

some really interesting stuff on there, check it out.  http://collectivehistory.tumblr.com/
 
That Bill Gates Steve Jobs pic is 
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Dressing Better before dressing better was dressing better...

The Dapper Rebels of Los Angeles, 1966

In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay depicting the region’s ‘fearsome street gangs’ however, turned out more like a fashion shoot for dapper style…

Decked out in preppy cardigans, high-waisted  rolled up trousers and Wayfarers to boot, these young men of South Central Los Angeles were an unmistakably dandy bunch in contrast to the considerably oppressive environment they were living in.

The African-American community in Watts came to its boiling pointing in August 1965 after years of police discrimination, exclusion from high-paying jobs and residential segregation. Racially restrictive covenants had kept 95 percent of Los Angeles real estate off-limits to the black and Asian communities which severely restricted education and economic opportunities for them.

Where the black community could buy homes in American suburbia and live out the middle-class dream, significant racial violence escalated. White gangs bombed homes and burnt crosses on the lawns. In response to the assaults, black mutual protection clubs formed and became the basis of the region’s fearsome street gangs.

In the 1960s, the LAPD was especially known for its police brutality against the city’s Latino and black residents. The police chief, William Parker actually made it a policy for officers to ‘establish dominance’ over young black and Latino teens and pre-teens as a way of showing who was boss. Frequent beatings, wrongful arrests, assaults on women became the norm for the African American community. On the night of August 11th, the intimidation and racial injustices backfired and the Watts’ African American population reached breaking point.

The riot started after a young African American was pulled over by police officers for suspicion of driving under the influence. When the driver’s family got involved, they were arrested too, including his mother. Local residents gathered and the situation intensified.  What starting with yelling escalated to hurling rocks, bricks and whatever they could find at the police. Twenty-nine people were arrested but it did not end there. By the following night Watts was in flames.

Rioters armed themselves and passionately shouted, “Burn baby burn” and “Long live Malcolm X.” Fires raged for four more days. A civil rights activist, Bayard Rustin wrote, “the whole point of the outbreak in Watts was that it marked the first major rebellion of Negroes against their own masochism and was carried on with the express purpose of asserting that they would no longer quietly submit to the deprivation of slum life.”
 
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The Dapper Rebels of Los Angeles, 1966


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n the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay depicting the region’s ‘fearsome street gangs’ however, turned out more like a fashion shoot for dapper style…

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rolled up trousers and Wayfarers to boot, these young men of South Central Los Angeles were an unmistakably dandy bunch in contrast to the considerably oppressive environment they were living in.

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The African-American community in Watts came to its boiling pointing in August 1965 after years of police discrimination, exclusion from high-paying jobs and residential segregation. Racially restrictive covenants had kept 95 percent of Los Angeles real estate off-limits to the black and Asian communities which severely restricted education and economic opportunities for them.



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Where the black community could buy homes in American suburbia and live out the middle-class dream, significant racial violence escalated. White gangs bombed homes and burnt crosses on the lawns. In response to the assaults, black mutual protection clubs formed and became the basis of the region’s fearsome street gangs.
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In the 1960s, the LAPD was especially known for its police brutality against the city’s Latino and black residents. The police chief, William Parker actually made it a policy for officers to ‘establish dominance’ over young black and Latino teens and pre-teens as a way of showing who was boss. Frequent beatings, wrongful arrests, assaults on women became the norm for the African American community. On the night of August 11th, the intimidation and racial injustices backfired and the Watts’ African American population reached breaking point.



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The riot started after a young African American was pulled over by police officers for suspicion of driving under the influence. When the driver’s family got involved, they were arrested too, including his mother. Local residents gathered and the situation intensified.  What starting with yelling escalated to hurling rocks, bricks and whatever they could find at the police. Twenty-nine people were arrested but it did not end there. By the following night Watts was in flames.



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Rioters armed themselves and passionately shouted, “Burn baby burn” and “Long live Malcolm X.” Fires raged for four more days. A civil rights activist, Bayard Rustin wrote, “the whole point of the outbreak in Watts was that it marked the first major rebellion of Negroes against their own masochism and was carried on with the express purpose of asserting that they would no longer quietly submit to the deprivation of slum life.”



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Pictures like this are always dope to see its a glimpse into the world of my community years ago. I hate the usage of the word Dandy its some useless word that almost attempts to emasculate or take away from these youths and the setting.
 
Since when does the word "dandy" take away from a man's masculinity? You people are hilarious. I wonder if The Brits watch James bond movies and are threatened by how good people think he dresses or think he's "dapper".



Anyhow those pics are amazing, really puts a lot of social issues in perspective.
 
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Pictures like this are always dope to see its a glimpse into the world of my community years ago. I hate the usage of the word Dandy its some useless word that almost attempts to emasculate or take away from these youths and the setting.
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Relax. The article is from 1966. That's almost 50 yrs ago. That was common terminology back then. :lol:
 
View media item 333579 An American soldier replaces "Adolf-Hitler-Str." sign with a "Roosevelt Blvd" one in Berlin, Germany, 1945.

View media item 333580 Martin Luther King Jr. removing a burned cross from his front yard. His son is at his side. Atlanta, GA, 1960.

View media item 333581 The original Ronald clown of McDonald's. 1963.

View media item 333583 Aircraft await orders while being grounded on 9/11. Nova Scotia, Canada

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View media item 333596 Babe Ruth shakes hands with U.S. President Warren G. Harding during a game at the Yankees Stadium. April, 1923
 
Michael Jackson was a handsome cat, it's a shame how he dismantled his face the way he did. Insecurity and the fame monster.
 
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