Watching Al Jazeera English’s live streaming coverage of the riots in Egypt, I find myself waiting for the iconic image. You know, the one that’ll be on the cover of international newsmagazines, and then end up in history books someday.
That got me to thinking of other images from civil unrest past.
Boston in 1770:
Engraving by Paul Revere
Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859:
Illustration from Harper's Weekly
Birmingham, Alabama in 1963:
Photograph by Bill Hudson
Kent State University in 1970:
Photograph by John Filo
Tiananmen Square in 1989:
Photograph by Jeff Widener
Los Angeles in 1992:
Screenshot from KTLA
Seattle in 1999:
Photography by Steve Kaiser
The Boston Globe headline really says it all: “
