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These are the most important photos of the
20th and 21st century. A beautiful collection
compiled by Magnum Photos. It includes (in
order):
CERRO MURIANO, Spain—Federico Borrell
Garcia, Spanish loyalist militiaman,
collapses into death, 1936.
FRANCE—D-Day, Omaha Beach, 1944.
HIROSHIMA, Japan—The center of the atomic
bomb blast. A Japanese soldier walks through
a site where an army barracks once stood,
1945.
POLAND—Teresa, a child in a residence for
disturbed children, grew up in a
concentration camp. She has drawn a picture
of "home" on the blackboard, 1948.
KORDOFAN, Sudan—The Nubas, 1949.
NORTH CAROLINA—A black man drinks at
segregated water fountains, 1950.
NEW YORK—James Dean alone in Times Square,
1955.
SANTA CLARA, Cuba—Fidel Castro lifts a
young admirer during the revolution, 1959.
MOSCOW—Nikita Khrushchev and Richard
Nixon's kitchen debate, 1959.
SHARPEVILLE, South Africa—Police open fire
on a crowd, killing more than 70 and injuring
hundreds of others during what came to be
known as the Sharpeville massacre, 1960.
CHICAGO—Malcolm X, 1961.
ARLINGTON, Va.—Jacqueline Kennedy at John
Fitzgerald Kennedy's funeral, Nov. 25, 1963.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—At the climax of his "I
Have A Dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr.
raises his arm on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial and calls out for deliverance with
the electrifying words of an old Negro
spiritual hymn, "Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!",
1963.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A female protester being
arrested and led away by police, 1963.
SOUTH CAROLINA—A funeral of a soldier
killed in Vietnam, 1966.
ARLINGTON, Va.—Jan Rose Kasmir confronts
the National Guard outside the Pentagon
during the 1967 anti-Vietnam War march, 1967.
SAIGON, Vietnam—The Saigon fire department,
which has the job of collecting the dead from
city streets, has just placed a girl, killed
by U.S. helicopter fire, in the back of their
truck, where her brother finds her, 1968.
PARIS—Students hurl projectiles during the
May 1968 student protest.
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia—Warsaw Pact troops
invade Prague near the radio headquarters,
1968.
MATAGALPA, Nicaragua—Muchachos await
counterattack by the Guard, 1978.
MEXICO—Mexicans are arrested while trying
to cross the U.S. border, 1979.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—An Afghan girl at Nasir
Bagh refugee camp, 1984.
NEW BRIGHTON, United Kingdom—1985.
TEHRAN, Iran—Veiled women learn how to
shoot in the outskirts of the city, 1986.
CONEY ISLAND, N.Y.—A family walks along the
crowded boardwalk, 1986.
BERLIN—A young man bridges the wall between
East and West Berlin, 1989.
BEIJING, China—Tiananmen Square, 1989.
SAN FRANCISCO—AIDS at the Ambassador Hotel.
James has been living with AIDS since 1985.
He moved into the hotel three years ago. It's
the longest time he has lived anywhere, 1993.
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Young people watch a huge
plume of smoke rise from lower Manhattan
after the attack on the World Trade Center,
Sept. 11, 2001.
GAZA STRIP—A Palestinian man prays in Khan
Younis camp. He awaits permission to pass
through an Israeli checkpoint at the entrance
of Gush Oatif, 2003.
IRAQ—An American soldier is killed during
the battle for Baghdad, April 8, 2003.
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| Historic Flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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PlusHistoric Flooding in Cedar Rapids,
IowaHistoric Flooding in Cedar Rapids,
IowaThe Associated PressThe Cedar River
poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing
the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes,
causing a railroad bridge to collapse and
leaving much of downtown underwater. (June
12)Steve Shriver/owns flooded business
"Something is collapsing over there.""What do
you think it is?""I think it's a parking
garage." (TRACK) CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA IS
FALLING APART AS THE CEDAR RIVER SWALLOWS THE
CITY. IT LOOKS MORE LIKE VENICE, ITALY
THAN THE MIDDLE OF IOWA. Steve Shriver/owns
flooded business"The river is literally
running through buildings." (TRACK) STEVE
SHRIVER OWNS AN ORGANIC LIP BALM BUSINESS
LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN. AND HIS PRODUCTION
ROOM IS IN THE BASEMENT...SEVERAL FEET UNDER
WATER. Steve Shriver/owns flooded business"we
have a million sticks of lip balm sitting in
the at building waiting to be shipped out,
that we cannot reach." (TRACK) DESPITE
DAYS OF PREPARING FOR THE FLOOD, NOTHING WAS
ABLE TO STOP THE WATER FROM RISING INTO
DOWNTOWN. SOT:(Tom Aller/Pres., Interstate
Power and Light Alliant Energy) "Water has
risen to the point where all of downtown is
really under water. All of our steam system
is down and under water so the major
customers of steam, such as quaker oats and
folks like that are out. And our electric
system is out as well." MARK CARLSON/STANDUP
CEDAR RAPIDS CEDAR RAPIDS IS OVER RUN BY
AN UNIMAGINEABLE AMOUNT OF WATER. THE
CEDAR RIVER IS TAKING WITH IT ANYTHING IT CAN
AS FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE. (TRACK)The
city has put an evacuation order in and
that's helping because the workers are not
coming downtown." The amount of flooding in
this area is unprecedented and no one knows
how long it could take to get back to normal.
SOT:(Tom Aller/Pres., Interstate Power and
Light Alliant Energy) "As far as what we're
telling our customers, we're talking about an
indefinite outage here, for sure." Steve
Shriver/owns flooded businessNats "deep sigh"
IT'S JUST TOO MUCH TO LOOK AT FOR
SHRIVER. HIS LIVELY HOOD IS UNDER WATER.
Steve Shriver/owns flooded business"There is
no insurance to cover it. We need some sort
of help from FEMA." FOR NOW, ALL ANYONE
CAN DO IS WATCH THE WATER RISE. MARK
CARLSON, AP, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA.
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