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todaysdocument: On December 12, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  Roosevelt was awarded the prize for his work negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Theodore Roosevelt, 1907
yourelegy: What an amazing contrast. 
ckck: 13th & Franklin Street, Oakland, California. March 13th, 1942. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. The owner, an American of Japanese descent, placed this sign on his storefront on December 8th, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor. It stayed there until shortly after this photo was taken when the store was closed as a result of Americans of Japanese ancestry being sent off to internment camps.
Invisible Children

rightsandhumanity:

This organization is saving Child Soldiers that have been kidnapped from their homes in Uganda and forced to fight. Help stop this and please spread the word <3. Truly a great organization that really shows one person can make a difference. 

The glasses John Lennon wore when he got shot, 31 years ago today.
philphys: Steve Zissou: Two albino scouts swim with the ship.They’re supposedly very intelligent…although I’ve never seen any evidence of it.