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The MOVE Fire

This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Wilmington 1898 — An American Coup

Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.

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White undergarment with pink ribbon and lace

Date
1910s - 1920s
Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
Description
A white cotton undergarment with pink ribbon and lace. This undergarment possibly used to be a woman’s slip that has been cut into a child’s underdress. Bobbin lace with pink synthetic ribbon has been machine stitched along the top of the garment. The dress is composed of five panels of plain weave cotton - three in the front and two side panels that are seamed together at the center back. There are two machine-stitched darts on the dress – one on either side panel. All the panels, front and back, are sewn to a 1” band of decorative cutwork with eyelet flowers and overcast bars. A pink ribbon made from synthetic material is woven through the cutwork band and is tied in a knot at the center front. Below the band of decorative cutwork are alternating panels of plain weave cotton with pintucks, floral machine lace, and embroidered flowers with cutwork inside the flower. Machine stitched below the alternating panels is another row of bobbin lace that has a pink synthetic ribbon woven through it. The hem of the undergarment features a 4.5" panel of floral machine lace. The two center panels at the back of the skirt have been partially machine stitched together and partially handstitched together. The back construction of the garment mirror’s the front, except there is no alternating panels of plain weave cotton with pintucks, floral machine lace, and embroidered flowers in between the two rows of woven pink ribbon. Two white cotton ribbons are handstitched to the top interior of the dress – one on each side. There is also excess fabric all around the interior top, where the dress was potentially cut from a woman’s slip. The edges have been left raw. The interior of the dress is unlined.
Cataloging Notes
This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
Topic
African American
Clothing and dress
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title
Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification
Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2007.3.644
Type
underdresses
undergarments
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
cotton, synthetic ribbon, bobbin lace, and machine lace
Dimensions
Length: (top to hem) 22 1/2 in (57.2 cm)
Width: 27 1/2 in. 69.9 cm)
Title
Object Name • White undergarment with pink ribbon and lace
Record ID
nmaahc_2007.3.644
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
WHITE UNDERGARMENT WITH PINK RIBBON AND LACE
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1920s • 1910s
Name
Black Fashion Museum
Topic
Clothing and dress
Culture
African Americans
Type
underdresses • undergarments
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Greenwood / Black Wall Street

Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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