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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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Shirley Chisholm — Unbought and Unbossed

In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.

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Stock certificate for the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company

Date
January 18, 1911
Issued by
Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1912
Owned by
Frank Daniel, American
Subject of
Isaiah T. Montgomery, American, 1847 - 1924
Rev. Ange A. Cosey, American, born 1875
Description
A stock certificate, number [2469] for nine shares of the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company, issued to Frank Daniel on January 18, 1911 for $1.00 per share. The certificate is on cream colored paper surrounded by an elaborate green border. Beneath the top, left corner of the border is an image of two men surrounded by cotton plants, hauling baskets of cotton, a man picking cotton and a woman carrying a basket of cotton on her head. In the distant background the in another man picking cotton, a barn with animals and a steamboat, on a river in the far distance. Beneath the top, right corner of the border is an image of several stacked sacks, the top sack has [LINTERS] printed on the side. And leaning against the stacked sacks are two more sacks, one printed with [COTTON / SEED / HULLS FOR / STOCK / FEED] printed on the front and a second one with [COTTON / SEED / MEAL] lying flat on the ground in front of a barrel that has [CRUDE / COTTON / SEED / OIL] printed on one end of the barrel. The sacks and barrel are bordered on the right with two cotton bolls on stems with leaves. The certificate is signed via stamp by A.A. Casey, Secretary and Isaiah Montgomery, President. On the verso there are three blank, identical sets of a form to transfer stock ownership: {For Value Received / _____ hereby assign and transfer unto _____ / _____ Shares of the Capital Stock represented by the within / Certificate, and do hereby constitute and appoint _____ / Attorney, to transfer the said Stock on the books of the named Company, with full power of / substitution in the premises. / _____ / Dated _____ 190_ / Signed in the presence of _____].
Place printed
Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
American South
Black Enterprise
Business
Communities
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Classification
Documents and Manuscripts
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gwen Lymon in loving memory of Rhoda Daniel Lowery
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.177.1
Type
stock certificates
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
L x W: 8 7/8 × 11 11/16 in. (22.6 × 29.7 cm)
Title
Object Name • Stock certificate for the Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.177.1
Museum
NMAAHC
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STOCK CERTIFICATE FOR THE MOUND BAYOU OIL MILL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1910s
Name
Daniel, Frank • Montgomery, Isaiah T. • Cosey, Ange A. • Mound Bayou Oil Mill and Manufacturing Company
Place
Mississippi • United States • North and Central America • Bolivar County • Mound Bayou
Topic
Black Enterprise • American South • Communities • Business
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Mound Bayou • County • Bolivar County • State • Mississippi • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Stock certificates
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Rights and restrictions shown above are supplied by the Smithsonian record.

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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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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

Which Supreme Court case ruled state-sponsored public-school segregation unconstitutional?

Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.