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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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African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape

Date
February 21, 2011
Produced by
Bergen Community College, American, founded 1965
CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
Subject of
Dr. Philip C. Dolce
Arnold E. Brown, American, born 1932
Deirdre Rice-Reese, American
Estina Baker, American
Description
A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College with the title African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape. It consists of a single white DVD with the program title, date and college logo printed on it.
The program opens with Professor Maureen Ellis Davis offering comments on the importance of Black history and the development of Black History Month. She then passes the podium to Dr. Philip Dolce who presents the opening remarks and introduces the panelists. They are Arnold E. Brown, Deidre Rice-Reese, and Estina Baker. Some of the topics addressed in the discussion include why have African Americans been moving to suburbia since the 1960s; how have African Americans shaped the suburban environment; has recent suburbanization weakened, strengthen, or divided the Black community as a whole; why is there a gender disparity between Black women and men and what is its importance; what institutions and organizations have been important in building the Black community in suburbia; as African Americans become more affluent, do they still rely on the services of these organizations; is there a movement of emerging Black leadership in suburbia; has racial bias/profiling and segregation ended with the movement of blacks to suburbia; how strong was the civil rights movement in Bergen County; is there a civil rights agenda for suburbia today, why have some African Americans been moving back to the South.
Place filmed
Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Associations and institutions
Civil Rights
Communities
Economics
Education
Migrations
Politics
Race discrimination
Race relations
Urban life
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Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture,Gift of Dr. Philip Dolce on behalf of Bergen Community College
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2022.90.2.1a
Type
sound films
color films (visual works)
DVDs
Restrictions & Rights
© Bergen Community College
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
aluminum and polycarbonate
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Duration: 59 min., 32 sec.
Title
Title • African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape
Record ID
nmaahc_2022.90.2.1a
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SUBURBIA: THE CONNECTION OF RACE, CLASS AND THE MIDDLE LANDSCAPE
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2010s
Name
Dolce, Philip C. • Bergen Community College • Baker, Estina • Brown, Arnold E. • CBS Broadcasting, Inc. • Rice-Reese, Deirdre
Place
United States • North and Central America • Bergen County • New Jersey
Topic
Economics • Discrimination • Communities • Education • Migrations • Race • Associations and institutions • Civil rights • Politics • Urban life • Race relations
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
County • Bergen County • State • New Jersey • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
DVDs • color films (visual works) • sound films
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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Photographic print of Ashanti and her sister, Shia, at the Meadowlands

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Race and Diversity in Suburbia: Police and Community Working Together

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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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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

Which heavyweight champion was known as the “Brown Bomber”?

Joe Louis.