American history photos

African-American boys holding American flags in Montgomery, Alabama - 25 March 1965. (Image: Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty)

These colorized versions of black and white photographs allow you to look at a piece of history with a different eye.

A number of Reddit users have taken it upon themselves to convert a slew of Civil War photos into beautiful color.

Brigitte Friang - French journalist and writer who joined the Resistance

The story, as it ran in LIFE magazine, of how American troops murdered men, women and children in a village in Vietnam on March 16, 1968.

Michael Jackson as Charlie Chaplin

This artist is colorizing old black and white photos, giving us all a new perspective on life from decades past.