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Rare Footage of the “Human Be-In,” the Landmark Counter-Culture Event Held in Golden Gate Park, 1967
28 Sep 2014 The ‘Human Be-In’ was the prototype of all 1960s counter culture celebrations and precipitated the legendary Summer of Love, and made San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury the epicenter of the burgeoning hippie movement. It featured all the luminaries of psychedelic counter-culture, including Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Ram Dass and more. 
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8 Sep 2014 Born of the horrors of trench warfare, a ghoulish tale of scavengers and scofflaws took hold 100 years ago
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25 Sep 2014 What makes a terrorist tick? There’s one way to find out – just ask them. Some remarkable new research on extremist groups in Kenya has done just that, and the findings make for compelling reading. By SIMON ALLISON for ISS Today.
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Published on Sep 17, 2014 The Scottish independence referendum is a confusing matter. So here's an animated explanation of some fundamental questions on the Scottish independence debate.
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10 Sep 2014 A new report takes several countries to task for not following through on promises to research the background of art that may have been looted from Jews during World War II.
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World War II is the story of the 20th Century. The war officially lasted from 1939 until 1945, but the causes of the conflict and its horrible aftermath echoed for decades in both directions.
Joel Benge's curator insight,
September 10, 2015 11:53 AM
I have never seen half of these pictures before but they are really interesting
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Ask the Past is a blog by Johns Hopkins history professor Elizabeth Archibald. She quotes advice from old books, often very old books, whether it’s good advice or not. Mostly not. Here are some other example posts: How to Keep Your Cat, c. 1470 From a Mental Floss post
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15 September 2014 From the African Choir posing like Vogue models to an Abyssinian prince adopted by an explorer, a new exhibition spotlights the first black people ever photographed in Britain, writes Sean O’Hagan
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15 September 2014 SA's reaction to Kebby Maphatsoe’s CIA comments is a far cry from the tense relationship with the US under Thabo Mbeki, writes Verashni Pillay.
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2 Sep 2014 In 1935, Roman Vishniac, a Russian-born Jew and heralded photographer, journeyed throughout Eastern Europe with one goal: photograph impoverished Jewish communities. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, his employer, planned to use the images to raise funds for relief efforts, but the photos would become an iconic link to the culture that vanished as a result of the Holocaust.
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Published on Sep 12, 2014 Using cutting-edge digital mapping technology, scientists of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project find signs of a "long barrow," a sophisticated mass grave that reveals strange burial rituals and the arrival of a new era.
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Published on Sep 8, 2014 In recent years, many academics and others have condemned President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as unnecessary and immoral. Yet this interpretation relies on a poor understanding of history that both lacks perspective and ignores context.
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17 September 2014 The new Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and one-of-a-kind documents on a wide range of topics, from history to science to literature. Interactive tools let students zoom in for close examination, draw to highlight interesting details and make notes about what they discover.
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Published on Sep 17, 2014 With international political tensions on the rise, the threat of an all-out nuclear war seems too close for comfort. What countries possess nuclear weapons? Is the likelihood of a nuclear war higher than we think?
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Google is opening up its Google Maps Gallery service with an expanded array of historical and contemporary maps, as well as tools for students and educators that will allow them to create and edit their own maps. "Now, information ranging from this World War II veteran's journey through the war to this description of how local governments are responding to climate change is available for everyone to explore. This expanded, publicly contributed information can give students a new way to visualize, understand, and get excited about a broad range of topics," according to Google.
Reeler Centre's insight:
Some great resources here-check out the collection of historical maps .
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