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Pinned post: Welcome to History for Empathy!
History for Empathy is an online history blog and social media group dedicated towards informing readers of lesser known historical events and figures with the purpose of broadening the perspectives of the general public, and strengthen the connections between people… Continue reading →
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The Baltic Way
At around 7:00 PM local time on 23 August, 1989, an ambitious photojournalist finds himself in a helicopter flying over a major highway in Latvia. Peering out of the helicopter’s window with his camera in hand, he can hardly believe… Continue reading →
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Charles Hamilton Houston: “The Man who Killed Jim Crow”
The era of “Jim Crow”, a period of American history with widespread societal and legal discrimination against African-Americans (especially in the South), is generally considered to have ended with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Famous leaders from this… Continue reading →
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The Indonesian Genocide
There were few parts of the world left unaffected by the global political and ideological struggles that occurred as a result of the Cold War. Countless nations faced both external and internal conflicts that–though often seen at the time as… Continue reading →
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