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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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Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection

Date
1896-1995
Created by
Matilda Arabella Evans, American, 1872 - 1935
Subject of
Matilda Arabella Evans, American, 1872 - 1935
Caption
See more about this collection in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archive (SOVA) here: https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAAHC.A2019.109 or contact NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu.
Description
The Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection documents how she broke boundaries as one of the first African American women physicians to have her own practice. The collection highlights her role as a physician and the great impact she had on the health and welfare of the African American community. The collection is comprised of educational material, business records, photographs, publications, and reference materials collected by and about Evans and her work.
Series:
Educational Materials: Materials include report cards from Evans' medical education and a photograph of her at Oberlin College.
Business Records: Materials include licenses, certificates, and documents from Evans' medical practice.
Photographs: Materials in this series include photographs of Evans and her family as well as photographs of the hospitals she founded.
Publications: Materials include writings and ephemera related to Evans and the Evans clinic as well as a biography authored by Evans of her benefactor and mentor Martha Schofield.
Reference Material - Materials in this series are divided into two subseries, Awards Ephemera and Research Material. The first subseries contains ephemera from events honoring Evans' legacy posthumously. The second subseries has photocopies of research material aggregated abotu Evans and her work.
Place collected
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Activism
American South
Business
Children
Communities
Education
Health
Medicine
Race discrimination
Women
World War I
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title
Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection
Classification
Archival Collections
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Leatrice Trottie Brown in memory of Dr. Matilda A. Evans
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
A2019.109
Type
documents
ephemera
snapshots
photographs
letters (correspondence)
books
Restrictions & Rights
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
archival materials
Dimensions
Archives: 1.6Feet
Title
Title • Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans Collection
Record ID
nmaahc_A2019.109
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
DR. MATILDA ARABELLA EVANS COLLECTION
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1890s • 1990s • 1914-1918
Name
Evans, Matilda Arabella
Place
Richland County • Columbia • United States • North and Central America • South Carolina
Topic
Women • WW I • Activism • World War, 1914-1918 • Communities • Health • Medicine • American South • Discrimination • Education • Race • Children • Business
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Columbia • County • Richland County • State • South Carolina • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Documents • Correspondence • Ephemera • Photographs • Books
Online Media Type
Full text documents
Online Media Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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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Pat Evans, NYC

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Pat Evans and Isaac Hayes

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Sitting in Limbo

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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 Supreme Court case ruled state-sponsored public-school segregation unconstitutional?

Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.