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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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Katherine Johnson — Mathematics to the Moon

Katherine Johnson’s mathematical calculations helped guide some of America’s most important early space missions while she confronted the racial and gender barriers faced by Black women in twentieth-century America.

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Black sweatpants by DALINKWENT wear

Date
1995-2005
Designed by
Da Link Went Wear, American, founded 1992
Subject of
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
Description
A pair of black sweatpants made by DALINKWENT Wear. The pant legs are tapered and have elastic at the bottom. Each pant leg is made from two panels of fabric. The seams are in the interior and the exterior of the pant leg. There is an elastic waistband made from three bands of fabric. The waistband seams are proper left, proper right, and center front. A black drawstring is inserted into the waistband and is tied at the interior center front. A rectangular machine embroidered patch of the DALINKWENT logo is stitched to proper left. The logo is a half portrait of a man embroidered in black and silver thread. There are welt pockets at the left and right hip. The left welt pocket has an interior pocket that closes with a black YKK zipper. The zipper has a metal pull with plastic teeth. Three circular symbols are machine embroidered in white thread, above the left ankle cuff. The ankle cuffs made from two bands serged together at the side seams. All pieces are serged together. There is a rectangular back pocket at the proper right. A black fabric label is machine stitched onto the top of the pocket. The fabric label reads [DA*LINK*WENT; arronlydeli & nkrumakenyatta] in white thread. The pants are unlined. A black fabric tag with DALINKWENT wear's logo is attached to the center back waist seam. The fabric tag has an embroidered black and red half portrait of a man. There is illegible text to the right of the embroidered portrait. The bottom of the fabric tag reads [The Real] in white text. Below that there's red text that reads [DALINKWENT]. To the proper left of the label fabric tag, is a black fabric tag with the care instructions. Below and to the proper right of the care instructions tag is a paper label. On the front of the paper label is an illustration of a tan skinned man with braided cornrows in his hair. The reverse side of the paper label is white and has black text that the explains the brand’s origin and philosophy.
Cataloging Notes
This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
Topic
African American
Clothing and dress
Design
Fashion
Fashion design
Streetwear
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Collection title
Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification
Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2007.3.46
Type
sweat pants
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
cotton, polyester fleece, elastic, plastic, and steel
Dimensions
Inseam: 33 in. (83.8 cm)
H x W: 46 × 33 in. (116.8 × 83.8 cm)
Title
Object Name • Black sweatpants by DALINKWENT wear
Record ID
nmaahc_2007.3.46
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
BLACK SWEATPANTS BY DALINKWENT WEAR
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2000s • 1990s
Name
Da Link Went Wear • Black Fashion Museum
Topic
Design • Streetwear • Clothing and dress • Fashion
Culture
African Americans
Type
Sweat pants
Online Media Type
Images
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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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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Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.