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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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Newspaper clippings about Old Calabar

Date
1842-1845
Published by
Unidentified
Subject of
Eyamba V, Nigerian
Interview of
Hugh Goldie
Description
Two article clippings with an engraved color image. The article (a) describes, from the Western European perspective of Presbyterian missionary, Hugh Goldie, the funeral ceremonies, termed "Devil-making," for the late King Eyamba. One clipping (b) depicts a contextual map of Old Calabar; there is columned writing on its reverse side. An engraved drawing (c) of Efik Africans depicts two seated women, one wearing a white robe, the other in a blue robe with a baby on her back, flanking two men. The man on the left carries a bow and arrows, the man on the right wears a head-wrap and yellow sash-tied robe. He holds a spear in his proper left hand. A tall green-leaf palm tree is drawn behind the men.
Transcription Center Status
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Place depicted
Old Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Topic
African American
Africa
Folklife
Funeral customs and rites
Men
Religion
Slavery
Women
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Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
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
2018.46.8.5abc
Type
clippings
publications
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on wove paper
Dimensions
H x W (long clipping): 6 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (16.2 × 5.3 cm)
H x W (map clipping): 4 × 4 1/8 in. (10.2 × 10.4 cm)
H x W (Image): 2 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.5 × 7.9 cm)
Title
Object Name • Newspaper clippings about Old Calabar
Record ID
nmaahc_2018.46.8.5abc
Museum
NMAAHC
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NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ABOUT OLD CALABAR
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1840s
Name
Eyamba • Goldie, Hugh
Place
Old Calabar • West Africa • Nigeria
Topic
Slavery • Women • Folklife • Funeral rites and ceremonies • Men • Religion
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Old Calabar • Country • Nigeria • Region • West Africa • Continent • Africa
Type
Clippings (information artifacts) • Publications
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Autograph note written to William Turner by Eyamba V

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Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II

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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

What prosperous Tulsa district became widely known as “Black Wall Street”?

The Greenwood District.