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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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Card for Basketball Olympic Games Honors Table featuring Lusia Harris

Date
1979
Distributed by
International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894
Subject of
Lusia Harris-Stewart, American, 1955 - 2022
Caption
Lusia Harris lead the team in scoring and rebounding during the 1976 Summer Olympics where the USA Women's Basketball team earned a silver medal.
Description
A Basketball Olympic games honors table card featuring Lusia Harris. The cardboard card has a color photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball. In the image, Lusia is on the court jumping for the ball against her opponent. She has her right arm raised against her opponent’s raised left arm. The basketball hovers in the air over their heads. Lusia Harris wears a sleeveless, bright blue USA uniform jersey and matching shorts with white knee high socks with navy blue and red stripes around the calf and white sneakers. Her opponent wears a white short sleeve jersey with burgundy shorts. They are surrounded by their teammates in matching uniforms. The audience can be seen sitting on bleachers in the background. Across the top margin is a horizontal tan band with black text that reads [BASKETBALL] in the top left hand corner. Under the word are three red interlocking rings inside a white square. In the center of the margin is black text that reads [OLYMPIC GAMES / HONORS TABLES]. The back of the card has a white background with small black text in two columns giving statistics for basketball games the United States had won throughout the 20th century. Across the top margin is black text that reads [BASKETBALL] in the top left hand corner. Under the word are three interlocking rings inside a square. In the center of the margin is black text that reads [OLYMPIC GAMES / HONORS TABLES]. On the proper right side is a black and white illustration of three figures playing basketball.
Place depicted
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Athletes
Basketball
Olympics
Sports
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lusia Harris-Stewart
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.29.5.1
Type
sports cards
Restrictions & Rights
© International Olympic Committee
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W: 6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in. (16 × 12 cm)
Title
Object Name • Card for Basketball Olympic Games Honors Table featuring Lusia Harris
Record ID
nmaahc_2017.29.5.1
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
CARD FOR BASKETBALL OLYMPIC GAMES HONORS TABLE FEATURING LUSIA HARRIS
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1970s
Name
International Olympic Committee • Harris-Stewart, Lusia
Place
Canada • North and Central America • Quebec • Montreal
Topic
Olympics • Athletes • Basketball • Sports
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Montreal • State • Quebec • Country • Canada • Continent • North and Central America
Type
sports cards
Online Media Type
Images
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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Card for Basketball Olympic Games Honors Table featuring Lusia Harris

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

Madam C.J. Walker