People wait in line to vote at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus on Nov. 6 in Washington, D.C. Getty Images hide caption
A crowd crosses the street in midtown Manhattan. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Incoming Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who spoke during the Republican National Convention this summer in Tampa, Fla., is among a number of minority politicians seen as rising stars in the GOP. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Pocket versions of the Proclamation of Emancipation were distributed through Union troops to be read to slaves. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture hide caption
Selsey was Miss Subways January-March 1964 Courtesy of Fiona Gardner hide caption