btw if MLK and anne frank hadn’t been killed, they’d both be 93 today (younger than betty white). i think it’s important to see pictures of them in color as a reminder that “history” was not very long ago
@mattxiv Fun fact. showing people in exclusively black and white footage makes people believe that it's MUCH older than it actually is. MLK had plenty of color footage including the "I have a dream" speech.
@mattxiv Read about the way a large part of media put these pictures in black and white to make it look like this was way long back when the reality is much different.
@mattxiv it’s crazy but the civil rights act was passed in 1964. the same year keanu reeves, sandra bullock & courtney cox were born. everyone 57+ has experienced a world where you could legally discriminate based on race, religion, sex, national origin & civil rights were limited (USA).
@mattxiv They were both born the same year as Barbara Walters.
@mattxiv Thanks for posting these beautiful and important photos. There’s no getting over either of them but no matter how many photos I see of her, Anne always breaks my heart because she radiates youth, optimism, good humor, and the sweet hope of a better future.
@mattxiv i have no clue who these two are but im going to learn the history about them
@mattxiv And the same age as my mother if she were here.
@mattxiv My FIL is older than that (almost 96), as sharp as ever and the only thing he can’t do anymore: drive at night. This could have been true for MLK and AF. It wasn’t that long ago.
@mattxiv Yeah, it’s crazy. I remember reading up on the Spanish Flu in 2019 and how it killed millions of people. Told my sister when I found out it was as recently as 1918, & told her that’s not really that long ago.. She didn’t think something like that would happen again.
@mattxiv I have enhanced the photograph of Anne Frank to make it clearer, like a digital photo.
@mattxiv I've seen colored photos of MLK but this one idk brings out more of the down to earth dad vibe. On the other hand I've never seen a colored photo of Anne she looks so young. Thank you for sharing both of these photos
@mattxiv Thought you and others in this discussion might appreciate: theguardian.com/books/2019/may…
@mattxiv Younger than my grandparents. So much opportunity and fullness of life lost.
@mattxiv This is amazing. To think they could have been contemporaries and younger than Captain Tom, similar age to Queen Elizabeth II, UK. Hadn't considered her same age as Anne Frank. Their legacy is very much alive... still impacting individuals and society 🤔
@mattxiv At Oxford, the study of ‘Modern History’ used to end at 1815. ‘Everything since is current affairs’.
@mattxiv @aprilfeys I think a LOT of people REALLY need to see this.
@mattxiv This tweet is beautiful 😍 ❤
@mattxiv It’s unfortunate that to a large portion of America, history was yesterday.
@mattxiv Well Anne frank wasn’t killed. She died off typhus at 15
@mattxiv No guarantees in life live everyday to the fullest
@mattxiv @BluuDarron These 2 are heroes . It's such a shame hate was what kept them from growing older.
@mattxiv Man If they lived mlk would’ve become president & anne’s diary would be the size of war & peace