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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 across the world. History for Empathy primarily produces written content, but is willing to expand…
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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 his eyes. On the ground below lies a massive human chain of demonstrators holding hands…
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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 period, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and others are widely celebrated,…
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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 events solely relevant to the apparent parties–were really the result of larger machinations by the…
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