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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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Shirley Chisholm — Unbought and Unbossed

In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.

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Football trading card for Warren Moon

Date
1986
Printed by
Unidentified
Issued by
The Topps Company, Inc., American, founded 1938
National Football League Players Association, American
Subject of
Warren Moon, American, born 1956
Tennessee Titans, American, founded 1959
National Football League, American, founded 1920
Description
A Topps/National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) trading card, number 350, for quarterback Warren Moon’s 1986 season with the Houston Oilers. The front of the card is green with white diagonal stripes. At center there is an image of two football players framed by blue and black bands. The player in the foreground, Warren Moon, is positioned with both hands holding the ball, ready to throw it. Moon is wearing a Houston Oilers uniform with a white jersey with a number [1] printed in blue and outlined in red, visible on the front and on the proper left sleeve. He is wearing blue football pants and a white helmet, both with red, blue, and white stripes. He is standing on his proper left leg with his proper left knee bent and his foot off of the ground behind him. In the background is another Houston Oilers player, Quarterback Oliver Luck, with a number [10] jersey with his back to the viewer. In the top, right corner of the card is the name [topps] in black text. At the bottom of the front of the card is a yellow block with black text that reads: [WARREN / MOON / QB], and a red, diagonal band with white text that reads: [OILERS]. The back of the card is yellow with brown text and brown-outlined graphics of people dressed in winter clothing and a skier around the left, right and top edges of the card. The text at the top of the back of the card reads: [350 / WARREN / MOON]. Below is information on Moon’s height, weight, college, birthdate, home and his Canadian Football League and National Football League career stats. Along the bottom edge of the card is text that reads: [B*© 1986 TOPPS CHEWING GUM, INC. PRTD. IN U.S.A.]. In the bottom right corner is the NFLPA football-shape logo. There are no inscriptions on the front or the back of the card.
Topic
African American
Athletes
Football
Sports
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.162.1
Type
collecting cards
Restrictions & Rights
© 1986 NFLPA; 1986 Topps Chewing Gum, Inc
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
L x W: 3 9/16 × 2 1/2 in. (9 × 6.4 cm)
Title
Object Name • Football trading card for Warren Moon
Record ID
nmaahc_2015.162.1
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
FOOTBALL TRADING CARD FOR WARREN MOON
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1980s
Name
National Football League • The Topps Company, Inc. • Tennessee Titans • Moon, Harold Warren • National Football League Players Association
Topic
Athletes • Football • Sports
Culture
African Americans
Type
Collecting cards
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
Use Restricted

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.