life:

May 19, 1925: Malcolm X is born.
In 1960, LIFE magazine assigned Arnold, who died in January 2012 at the age of 99, to document the days and nights of Malcolm X, the controversial and intensely charismatic public face of the Nation of Islam. For nearly a year, she followed the thug-turned-devout Muslim and activist from Washington to New York to Chicago. (Eve Arnold—Magnum)
See Eve Arnold’s photographs of Malcolm X here.


The Road to Brown vs. Board of Education  original article 2012


James Baldwin having a drink with his brother, David Baldwin, at a Broadway bar©1965 
(image credit: Bob Adelman)






With ABC’s Pan Am premiering on Sept. 25, 2011, interest in  stewardesses is, er, soaring. Here, vintage pics of aspiring  stewardesses as they learn the ropes of a high-flying career: Stewardess School: One Flight Up


Cars smaller than the Smart Car? Yep, we’ve got photos to prove it — All Aboard! Really, Really Small Cars


Eartha Kitt, by Ernst Haas NYC, 1952


Jean Shrimpton frolics with photographer Jeanloup Sieff.  Photo by Richard Avedon.


Rollerskating on Venice Beach.


The black and white checkered floor represents the duality of life, good vs evil. These tiles are a symbol associated with them, and they perform rituals on these specific type of floors.