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Photographs documenting important political encounters and diplomatic gestures from the 20th century, featuring leaders and delegates.

Anefo photo collection. Minister Felli (Foreign Affairs Ghana) at Schiphol welcomed by Van der chair. May 16, 1977. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
Anefo photo collection. Minister Felli (Foreign Affairs Ghana) at Schiphol welcomed by Van der chair. May 16, 1977. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Anefo photo collection. Abilio Araujo (member Fretilin and Minister of Economic Affairs of Eastern Timonese government in exile) (L) with Hans Garthérie van Weeezel (CDA). November 22, 1979. The Hague, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Jan Pronk (Minister for Development Cooperation) receives at Schiphol Marcelino Dos Santos, vice-president of Frelimo (liberation movement Mozambique). Vice presidents, ministers, airports. April 29, 1975. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Anefo photo collection.  unknown . During the press conference at Schiphol foreground Nicolaas yours, in addition Tanggahn. July 31, 1962
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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968), backstage after a performance of Don Giovanni featuring soprano Leontyne Price. Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1964.
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Lord Pethick-Lawrence, British Secretary of State for India, and Gandhi photographed as the latter was leaving after an interview, Delhi, April 18, 1946.
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Ne Win 1910  5 December 2002, Burmese politician and military commander. He was Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974 and also head of state from 1962 to 1981. He founded the Burma Socialist Programme Party in 1962 and served as its chairman until 1988. He was the leader of Burma for 26 years.
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Baldwin and Brando on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington, 8/28/63. Credit: Rowland Scherman/GG Vintage Images/UIG
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Iranian Premier Gets Truman Offer - Iranian Premier Mohammed Mossadegh (right), confined to his bed and wearing pajamas, talks with Henry F. Grady, U.S. ambassador to Iran, in Tehran yesterday after receiving from Grady President Truman's appeal for settlement of the Iranian oil crisis. Truman offered to send his personal representative, Averell Harriman, to seek a settlement in the crisis which developed with nationalization by Iran of the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Co. July 10, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Anefo photo collection. Official reopening Mauritshuis Hague Queen Beatrix Mauritshuis. June 4, 1987. Hague, Mauritshuis, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Indonesian Ambassador Soetjarwo and wife at Schiphol, Mr. Soetjarwo and wife. March 1, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Antonio Agostinho Neto
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08/31/1922. Malaga. The former Sultan of Morocco at the "El Retiro" Estate. Muley Hafid, who has recently been visited by the Superior Commissioner General Burguete at the Villa María hotel. (photo Arenas) -.
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Antillean Minister of Welvaartzorg Miguel Pourier (right) during press conference. October 24, 1978. Schiphol
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Anefo photo collection. State visit from Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard to Liberia. Queen Juliana receives an honorary doctorate, next to her President Tolbert. February 25, 1974. Liberia
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John Nance Gardner, Vice President of the United States (1933-1941), greets  Sayyid bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Washington, D.C., March 5, 1938. Said bin Taimur (13 August 1910 - 19 October 1972) (Arabic: سعيد بن تيمور‎) was the sultan of Muscat and Oman (the country later renamed to Oman) from 10 February 1932 until his overthrow on 23 July 1970.
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Ghalib Ali Al Hinai (Arabic: غالب بن علي الهنائي‎) (c. 1908 or 1912 - 29 November 2009) was the last elected Imam of the Imamate of Oman. From 1954, he led the Imamate of Oman in Nizwa and Oman proper in the Jebel Akhdar revolt against Sultan Said Bin Taimur. The war lasted 5 years until the Sultan of Oman's armed forces, aided by colonial British soldiers from the Special Air Service, had put down the Jebel Akhdar revolt in 1959.  Imam Ghalib Al Hinai managed to escape to Saudi Arabia. He continued for a short time to lead a temporary government-in-exile from Dammam, Saudi Arabia while the fighting continued in Oman. He continued to receive many visitors from Oman up until his death and remaioned deeply. He was known for his faithful adherence to his religion. He died on 29 November 2009 at the age of 96  (or 101) in Dammam.
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DENZEL WASHINGTON and ANGELA BASSETT in MALCOLM X (1992), directed by SPIKE LEE.
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"The Dancing Major" In The Sudan Again -- Picture received by air today of the "Dancing Majr" Salah Salem Egyptian Minister of National Guidance, (right) chatting with the Sudanese Premier, Ismail El-Azhari, during a dinner given in his honour during his tour of the Sudan form which he has just returned to Cairo. October 13, 1954.
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Malcolm X talks to a woman reporter following his television appearance in New York City. March 9, 1964
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Anefo photo collection. This morning the New Year's reception by Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus started in the Royal Palace on Dam Square in Amsterdam. January 7, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix Suriname. unexpectedly offered gifts Indian population. March 4, 1965. Suriname
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Anefo photo collection. Mrs. Coretta King, widow of DS. Martin Luther King arrives at Schiphol. February 10, 1970
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Anefo photo collection. Receive Swapo delegation on the Interior: v.l.n. R van der Chair, Katjavivi, Pronk, Mueskiange (Secr. BZ Swapo) and Muyongov-Presidenteswapo. September 22, 1976
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Anefo photo collection. Prince Claus construction IDA foundation Amsterdam; Claus Speech. December 4, 1985. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Dinner in honor of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of the Ivory Coast, 8:00PM. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, upon President Houphouët-Boigny's arrival at the White House for a dinner in his honor. U.S. State Department interpreter, José de Seabra, stands behind President Houphouët-Boigny; unidentified photographers stand at right. North Portico, White House, Washington D.C.
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Elijah Muhammad addressing followers including Cassius Clay, Stanley Wolfson, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, 1964
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Nigerian Finance Minister Okili Ebon at Schiphol. Okili ebon. October 16, 1963
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Oliver Tambo with Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 - 2013), South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader; served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Pictured in London
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Anefo photo collection. Visit President Van Niger, right Z.e. Diori Hamani leaves after the cruise. October 7, 1968
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Norodom Sihanouk (born 31 October 1922) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favour of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni. Following his abdication he was known as The King-Father of Cambodia, a position in which he retained many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch. He died of a heart attack in Beijing, China, on October 15, 2012.
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Anefo photo collection. South Moluccans commemorate their independence Proclamation in The Hague from 25 April 1950. DS Samuel metiery, foreman of the Badan Persatuan. 25 April 1977. The Hague, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Opening Academic Year University of Amsterdam. ANC chairman Oliver Tambo and chairman of the University Council Thera Wolf entered the auditorium. September 5, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Idi amin dada, 70's
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr, ONH (17 August 1887  10 June 1940),[1 was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements
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Spike Lee, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Malcolm X", Photograph by David Lee, Warner Bros., 1992
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Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana gets book by Antillean writer Sonia Garmers on Soestdijk. May 25, 1976. Soestdijk, Utrecht
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President Juvénal Habyarimana of Rwanda Arrives For a Visit. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Anefo photo collection. Ella Fitzgeralt and Count Basie at Schiphol. October 4, 1975. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival "Porgy & Bess Co" in Amsterdam. November 30, 1959. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Description: Swearing-in of Tanganyika's new Ministers at Government House, Dar es Salaam. This picture shows Mr. J.k. Nyerere taking the oath as Tanganyika's first Chief Minister. Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika Date: 1960 juliusnyerere, africa
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Anefo photo collection. AR congress in Rotterdam (see also 281752-53); Command ar; 12, 13 De Gaay Fortman, 14, 15: Lancer. September 29, 1975. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Madrid, July 1963. The Duchess of Alba and the Marchioness of Quintanilla with the actor Mel Ferrer, during the visit to the filming sets of "The Fall of the Roman Empire".
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EMPRESS NAGAKO and EMPEROR HIROHITO, c. early 1960s
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Marisa Merlini, 1962.
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Anefo photo collection. The Surinamn Prime Minister Henck Arron has a speech. April 1, 1975
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Son of General Gordon's Slayer in London -- The Mahdi photographed at his London hotel yesterday with Bushra, his youngest son.Sayed Sir Abdul Rahman El Mahdi, posthumous son of the famous Mahdi who was responsible for the death of general Gordon in 1885, arrived yesterday in London to see Mr. Eden about Sudanese political problems.He is 68, and has 11 children, the eldest being 40 and the youngest five. September 26, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).
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Anefo photo collection. Iusy congress in Rai in Amsterdam. Candidate to become a new Secretary General, the Birman Htun Aug. July 26, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 - 2013); South African anti-apartheid politician; served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. seen here addressing the UN General Assembly in 1990
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Composers Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson. Portraits, Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954, African American composers, African Americans in the performing arts, Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, Cole, Bob, 1868-1911, African American entertainers
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Kwame Nkrumah, 1909 - 1972. leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966.
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MERYL STREEP in OUT OF AFRICA (1985), directed by SYDNEY POLLACK.
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Eduardo Frei, former president, monument, Plaza Constitucion Square, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America
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