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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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Cabinet card studio portrait of a woman posing with a striped parasol

Date
1900-1920
Photograph by
Leo Weintrob, American, 1870 - 1940
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Description
2021.13.1ab: A sepia tone cabinet card of a woman posing with a striped parasol (2021.13.1a) with a detached cardboard backing (2021.13.1b).
2021.13.1a: A sepia tone cabinet card of a woman posing with a striped parasol. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The unidentified woman is depicted in full length, standing in three-quarters pose, with her face turned towards the viewer. She is holding a parasol, tip down, and resting on the floor, with her proper left hand. Her proper right arm is resting on the small, turned and carved, wooden pedestal table next to her. She is also holding a beaded, drawstring purse with her proper right hand. She is wearing a sleeveless, full length, medium tone, silk gown over a white collared, long-sleeve shirt, a light tone, fur shrug over her arms and shoulders, and a black hat with a broad brim. She is also wearing a necklace with a large, crown-shaped pendant. On top of the pedestal table is a vase of flowers and two thin books. To the right of the woman is an elaborately carved corner chair turned backwards. The woman is standing in front of a plain photographic backdrop accented with a painted jug of flowers near the base of the pedestal table, and a floral panel painted down the right side near the corner chair. The rectangular photograph is adhered to a gray, rectangular shaped cardboard mount. There are several lines of embossed bands around the photograph. The surface of the rest of the mount is embossed with irregular crosshatching. At the bottom center is a black photographer’s stamp. The stamps features graphic of a double-headed eagle with splayed wings and a shield over the breastplate. Above the eagle is a crown and below is a wreath. Stamped text to the right of the eagle reads [LEO WEINTROB / 1520 ATLANTIC AVE. / ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.]. The back of the carboard mount is plain.
2021.13.1b: The front of the detached backing is plain with an embossed stamp in the bottom right corner. The stamp resembles a carved monument with a square pedestal, a rounded column, topped with an arched-shaped capital. On the reverse of the backing is an identical embossed stamp in the bottom left corner with a rectangular red and white label pasted over the base of the column. The label has a red frame and a white rectangle at the center with a blue star at the bottom center.
Place captured
Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Photography
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James M. Baxter
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.13.1ab
Type
cabinet photographs
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W x D (2021.13.1a: Mounted): 9 3/8 × 6 1/4 × 7/16 in. (23.8 × 15.8 × 1.1 cm)
H x W (2021.13.1a: Image): 5 7/8 × 4 in. (15 × 10.1 cm)
H x W x D (2021.13.1b): 9 3/16 × 7 15/16 × 1/8 in. (23.4 × 20.2 × 0.3 cm)
Title
Object Name • Cabinet card studio portrait of a woman posing with a striped parasol
Record ID
nmaahc_2021.13.1ab
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
CABINET CARD STUDIO PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN POSING WITH A STRIPED PARASOL
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1920s • 1900s
Name
Weintrob, Leo
Place
Atlantic City • United States • North and Central America • Atlantic County • New Jersey
Topic
Photography
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Atlantic City • County • Atlantic County • State • New Jersey • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Portraits • Photographs
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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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