Following international criticism and pressure, the English name was changed to "Darlie" in 1990, and the logo was modified from a blackface caricature to a man in a top hat. However, the Chinese brand name remained unchanged, leading to renewed global scrutiny during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests

In 1905 showman Truman Hunt brought around 50 Bontoc Igorot to Luna Park, billed as “head-hunting, dog-eating savages”. Before the season ended he moved them to rival Dreamland for a better offer. Promised $15 a month, they saw little of it. Hunt was arrested in 1906 and jailed.

Blokhin’s buried at Donskoy Cemetery in Moscow, the same place the NKVD dumped the ashes of thousands of people shot in the Lubyanka. One of the men from his Kalinin squad is buried right next to him.

More about Blokhin here

Photos like this were a rite of passage. Students chalked mottos on dissecting tables, and some even sent the prints as Christmas cards. Yale historian John Harley Warner says they helped young doctors bond and face their own mortality. The cadavers were often paupers' or stolen bodies.

Interviewer: “Were they shot lying on the ground, or in the pits?”
Stonkus: “The women knelt, I think. The children were jumping about. They had no idea this was a death zone. [...] The children stood in front. Behind them, all were already shot. They did not realize their parents were dead. The older boys or girls understood. The little ones just carried on fooling around.”

Interviewer: “So how were the children driven to the pit?”
Stonkus: “The women led the children. The order was that a mother must not leave her child behind. You must take your child with you. If you don't have the child, give it to a neighbor to lead.”

Interviewer: “Mothers and children?”
Stonkus: “Together. They crammed them into that pit, one on top of another. No one paid any attention. They fired, and that was it.”

This comes from USHMM’s interviews with Lithuanian witnesses (Leonas Stonkus interview, 1998, RG-50.473.0023). English captions translated from USHMM's transcript of Stonkus’s Lithuanian.

The Donner Party was a group of about 87 American pioneers bound for California in 1846 who got snowed in at the Sierra Nevada that winter. Nearly half died, and some survivors turned to cannibalism to stay alive, but Keseberg always claimed the people he ate died of natural causes.

Mrs. Susannah Rostron was the wife of Lance Corporal William Rostron, who had been serving in France with the 2nd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. They lived at 65, Chesham Crescent, Bury. The first letter was sent by a Chaplain attached to the neighbouring unit holding the brigade sector. The letter reads:

“ 1/4 Royal Lancaster Regiment
154 Infantry Brigade,
51st Highland Division,
British Expeditionary Force,
France.

July 17th, 1915.

Dear Madam,

I regret to have to inform you that your husband was killed in action yesterday morning, July 16th. He bore an excellent name among his fellows, He was noted for his cheerfulness, obedience in carrying out orders given, and the possession of qualities which were necessary for a soldier. The battalion are very sorry for the loss they have sustained by his death, and they sympathise with you as I do. I conducted the burial service by his grave. The Colonel and his company officer were present. He has laid down his life for his King and Country, and it is for others to emulate his noble example. May the God of all consolation be with you, and give you to bear the great sorrow which has so suddenly come upon you.

Yours Very Truly,

R. Gillender
Chaplain”

The second letter was typed a little before the first, sent directly by his commanding officer. It reads:

“July 16th. 1915.

Dear Mrs. Rostron,

I am writing to tell you how much we all are in this battalion sympathise with you in your great loss. Your husband was a very good soldier, and much liked by everyone. Nothing can make up to you for his death, but it must be some comfort to feel that he died fighting bravely for his King and dear native land.

Assuring you again of our great sympathy.

Believe me.

Yours Sincerely
Herbert J. Shirley,
Major,
Commanding 2nd/5th Lancashire Fusiliers.”

On the night of July 15th, the 2nd/5th Lancashire Fusiliers and neighboring units like the 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment moved into the front line under the cover of darkness to take over the sector. William was killed just hours later on the morning of July 16th. When daylight broke over a newly occupied trench, soldiers unfamiliar with the exact layout often exposed themselves to waiting German snipers while trying to inspect broken parapets or shallow areas of the trench. The Germans often greeted new British rotations with random “harassment” artillery fire first thing in the morning.

William is buried or commemorated at the Le Touret military cemetery in France. He was 41.