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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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The Violence That Helped Spark the NAACP

In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.

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Black Enterprise, Volume 2, No. 20

Date
1972
Published by
Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969
Subject of
Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970
Description
An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, March 1972, Volume 2, No. 20. The front cover is black with white type at the top that reads: [March/1972 / BLACK / ENTERPRISE / OPPORTUNITIES '72: / BLACKS & CORPORATIONS]. Underneath the title, there is a color illustration of a man wearing a suit with a red, white, and blue tie, in front of a green background with blue corporate logos. The man’s proper left hand rests in a fist against his cheek. The corners of the image are curved. There is a black ink stamp, stamped diagonally across the title reading [CANCELLED]. At the top left corner there is another black ink stamp that reads: [GLENVILLE BRANCH]. There is a white sticker with black type positioned upside down in the bottom right corner of the cover. The sticker reads: [441084CE9PR066096 2PG X 01 / CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIB / GLENVILLE BRANCH / 660 PARKWOOD DR / CLEVELAND OH 44108]. The interior pages, ninety-six in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The magazine contains economic articles, articles on travel and leisure, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for KOOL Filter Kings cigarettes, and has a color image of a waterfall and white type in the middle of the advertisement that reads: [If you think all menthols taste alike, try the taste of extra coolness. / Come all the way to KOOL.].
Topic
African American
Black Press
Business
Mass media
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Classification
Books and Published Materials
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.76.14
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Restrictions & Rights
© Black Enterprise Magazine
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 11 1/16 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (28.1 × 21 × 0.3 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 11 1/16 × 16 1/2 × 1/8 in. (28.1 × 41.9 × 0.3 cm)
Title
Title • Black Enterprise, Volume 2, No. 20
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.76.14
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
BLACK ENTERPRISE, VOLUME 2, NO. 20
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1970s
Name
Black Enterprise • Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc.
Topic
Black Press • Mass media • Business
Culture
African Americans
Type
Magazines (periodicals)
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
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Black Enterprise, November 1994

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TOPIC OF THE DAY

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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Who was the first African-American woman millionaire in the United States?

Madam C.J. Walker