Richard B. Stolley, ed.
LIFE:  Our Century in Pictures
1980-1999
Boston: Bulfinch Press Book, 1999

Jesse Jackson - in the Presidential run in 1984
Bruce Talamon
LIFE, p. 253

Colin Powell - first Black to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff - and his wife, Alma - 1993
Cynthia Johnson / Time
LIFE, p. 253

Act Up protesters in front of FDA headquarters in Maryland protesting lack of AIDS medical R?D - 1988
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
LIFE, p. 340

Jerry Falwell and his teleministry team (the 'Moral Majority')
William E. Savro / The New York Times
LIFE, p. 341

Well armed mujahedin confronting Soviet troops in Afghanistan
Steve MCurry / Magnum
LIFE, p. 349

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer wed - July 29, 1981
David Burnett / Contact
LIFE, p. 355

O.J. Simpson pursued by L.A. cops after learning of being charged with the murder of his ex-wife and her boyfriend - June 17, 1994
Joseph Villarin / AP
LIFE, p. 356

Assassination attempt of the Pope by a Turkish gunman - May 13, 1981
Fotam
LIFE, p. 359

Reagan wounded by gunman - March 30, 1981
Ron Edmonds / AP
LIFE, p. 359

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists - October 6, 1981
Nakram Gadel Karim / Liaison
LIFE, p. 359
 

Paul Allen and Bill Gates with their MS-DOS program - July 1981
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
LIFE, p. 360

Troops clear dead Leftists from the streets of suburban San Salvador - 1982
Don McCullin
LIFE, pp. 360-361

IRA member Bobby Sands funeral - Belfast - 1981
(He fasted to death in protest against English 'occupation' of Northern Ireland.
Nine others followed his example.  But this dramatic demonstration failed to move English PM Thatcher)
Jake Sutton / Liaison
LIFE, p. 361

A Christian-Muslim bridal couple making their way through the rubble of Beirut's Green Line (separating the two religions)
Jay Ullal / Black Star
LIFE, p. 364

Rap album Run-D.M.C. brought rap out of the ghetto and into gold in 1984 -
and also scored as rap's first MTV video, Rock Box
Ken Regan / Camer 5
LIFE, pp. 366-367

NBC's The Cosby Show - 1984
(This healthy picture of family life would rank among the top five TV shows from 1984-1991
and top the charts at #1 from 1985 to 1988)
NBC
LIFE, p. 366

Madonna (Coccone) at a 1985 concert
Anthony Suau / Liaison
LIFE, p. 367

'Pro-Life' protest against abortion
Diana Walker / Time
LIFE, p. 373

Stepehn Hawking - published in 1988 the science best-seller A Brief History of Time
Terry Smith
LIFE, p. 373

George Bush, Ronald Reagan and  Michail Gorbachev at New York's Governors Island - December 1988
Dirck Halstead / Time
LIFE, p. 374

A lone protester and Chinese T-59 tanks at Tiananmen Square - 1989
Stuart Franklin / Magnum (both pictures)
LIFE, p. 375

Dr. Jack Kevorkian ('Doctor Death') with his potassium chloride IV drip
AP
LIFE, p. 377

Anita Hill at 1993 Senate confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas
Scott Andersen / AP
LIFE, p. 377

Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney King after he led them on a late night chase - March 3, 1991
George Holiday / KTLA-TV
LIFE, p. 380

Rodney King after his beating
LIFE, p. 380

Los Angeles' South-Central district on fire as Blacks protest the trial verdict
(50 people died; over 2,000 injured; 12,000 arrested; $1 billion in damages)
Scott Weersing / Liaison
LIFE, pp. 380-381

House Speaker Newt Gingrich
P.F. Bentley / Time
LIFE, p. 398

Knossos - Aerial view
Gordon Gahan / NGS Image Collection
LIFE, pp. 402-403

Horses excavated at the imperial tomb near Xi'an (northwext China)
Eastfoto / Xinhua News Agency
LIFE, p. 407

Crosses on a hilltop in Littleton, Colorado
Kevin Moloney / Liaison
LIFE, pp. 412-413

Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903-1998)
Bob Gomel / Life
LIFE, p. 419

Diana, Princess of Wales, and Mother Teresa
Mike Segar / Reuters / Archive Photos
LIFE, p. 419

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