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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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Wilmington 1898 — An American Coup

Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.

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Digital film still of Daniel Kaluuya & Danai Gurira on the set of Black Panther

Date
2017
Photograph by
Matt Kennedy
Produced by
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939
Directed by
Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
Distributed by
The Walt Disney Company, American, founded 1923
Subject of
Daniel Kaluuya, English, born 1989
Danai Jekesai Gurira, American, born 1978
Ruth E. Carter, American, born 1960
Description
A digital film still of Daniel Kaluuya, as the character W'Kabi, and Danai Gurira, as the character Okoye, on the set of the film Black Panther.
The two actors are standing next to each other on the right side of the image, with a film camera and camera operator facing them on the left side. Kaluuya is in the center. He has dotted scarification markings across his face from nose to temples. He wears an asymetrical chestplate of braided leather and mettalic gold over a greyish brown shirt wtih braided brown collar. A brown and black leather tunic wraps around his waist, with the gold handle of a sword visible on the proper left side. He also wears a textured, fingerless grey glove on his proper right hand with a sleeve that goes past his elbow. A basotho style blanket of blue with white linear markings on one side and a black and white houndstooth print on the other is just visible over his proper left shoulder.
Gurira is standing to Kaluuya's proper left side, with her proper left profile visible to the viewer, wearing a Dora Milaje costume. The costume consists of an orange and red fabric with dark brown leather bands around her shoulders, torso and hips. She wears gold armor plates on her shoulders and a necklace and arm bands of stacked gold rings in the style of the Ndebele tribe's idzila.
Both Kaluuya and Gurira look towards the film camera, which is held on proper right shoulder of the camera operator. Film equipment and the set is visible in the background.
Place captured
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Actors
Comics and graphic novels
Entertainers
Film
Hollywood (Film)
Mass media
Photography
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company, © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2018.39.3.7
Type
film stills
digital images
digital media - born digital
Restrictions & Rights
© Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 4000 pixels × 6000 pixels
File size: 69.73 MB
Title
Object Name • Digital film still of Daniel Kaluuya & Danai Gurira on the set of Black Panther
Record ID
nmaahc_2018.39.3.7
Museum
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Title Sort
DIGITAL FILM STILL OF DANIEL KALUUYA & DANAI GURIRA ON THE SET OF BLACK PANTHER
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2010s
Name
Coogler, Ryan Kyle • Kaluuya, Daniel • Kennedy, Matt • Marvel Worldwide, Inc. • The Walt Disney Company • Gurira, Danai Jekesai • Carter, Ruth E.
Place
Atlanta • United States • North and Central America • Fulton County • Georgia
Topic
Photography • Actors and actresses • Hollywood (Film) • Comics and graphic novels • Motion pictures • Entertainers • Mass media
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Atlanta • County • Fulton County • State • Georgia • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
digital media - born digital • Film stills • Photographs
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
Limited Use

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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Digital film still of Daniel Kaluuya & Danai Gurira on the set of Black Panther

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Leonard and Hearns, NYC, 1989

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Leonard and Hearns, NYC, 1989

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Revision Path: Episode 37; Jon Daniel

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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 Black woman became the first elected to the United States Congress?

Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.