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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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Katherine Johnson — Mathematics to the Moon

Katherine Johnson’s mathematical calculations helped guide some of America’s most important early space missions while she confronted the racial and gender barriers faced by Black women in twentieth-century America.

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New England in Color: a Collection of Color Photographs

Date
1971
Written by
Stewart Beach, American, 1922 - 1979
Photograph by
Samuel Chamberlain, American, 1895 - 1975
Published by
Hastings House Publishers, Inc., founded 1936
Printed by
Mandarin Offset Limited, Chinese, 1971 - 2002
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Owned by
Clayton Sinclair, American
Hazel Sinclair, American
Description
A hardcover edition of New England in Color: a Collection of Color Photographs by Samuel Chamberlain and Stewart Beach. The paperboard-bound hardcover has an adhesive binding. The dust jacket features a color photograph of an idyllic rural scene. Three houses are in the background and in the foreground is a body of water. Lobster traps and lobster trap buoys piled on a dock by a moored boat. There are trees and a wooden fence in front of two of the houses. In the bottom right corner, are the authors names printed in black text that reads [Samuel Chamberlain / and Stewart Beach]. The spine of the jacket is black with red and white text including authors' last names and the abbreviated book title: [CHAMBERLAIN AND BEACH NEW ENGLAND IN COLOR]. The publisher, [HASTINGS HOUSE], is printed at the bottom of the spine in white text. The back of the dust jacket features a full-size, color photograph of a brick red house on a grassy lawn, with a stone fence. A large tree that dominates the left side of the image and there is a line of trees in the background. The front and back covers are avocado green. At the center of the front cover is the abbreviated book title, [NEW ENGLAND IN COLOR], printed in black text. Printed black text on the spine reads: [CHAMBERLAIN AND BEACH NEW ENGLAND IN COLOR HASTINGS HOUSE]. Pages 1-32 are white with black text and pages 33-95 are printed color plates. The book has ninety-four pages and color photographs.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
Hong Kong, Asia
Topic
African American
Architecture
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Photography
Segregation
Travel
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Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.12.52.14
Type
hardcover books
Restrictions & Rights
© Hastings House Publishers, Inc
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) with cardboard and adhesive
Dimensions
H x W x D: 9 11/16 × 7 13/16 × 9/16 in. (24.6 × 19.9 × 1.4 cm)
Title
Title • New England in Color: a Collection of Color Photographs
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.12.52.14
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
NEW ENGLAND IN COLOR: A COLLECTION OF COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1970s
Name
Beach, Stewart • Sinclair, Clayton • Hastings House Publishers, Inc. • Sinclair, Hazel • Mandarin Offset Limited • Rock Rest Tourist Home • Chamberlain, Samuel
Place
Hong Kong • United States • Asia • Maine • North and Central America • Kittery • York County
Topic
Photography • Description and travel • Black Enterprise • Architecture • Black interiors • Segregation
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Kittery • County • York County • State • Maine • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • City • Hong Kong • Continent • Asia
Type
Hardcover books
Online Media Rights
Use Restricted

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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Flyer for performances of the Chicago Jublilee Singers in Burnley, England

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Spool of green yarn from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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Art, Artists, and Society: Origins of a Modern Dilemma, Painting in England and France, 1750-1850

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New England in Color: a Collection of Color Photographs

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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

Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.