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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 Truths They Never Taught You...

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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Digital film still of actors and crew during the filming of Black Panther

Date
2017
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A digital film still of actors Daniel Kaluuya, Chadwick Boseman, Angela Bassett, Isaach de Bankolé, and Connie Chiume and crew filming a tribal council scene of the movie Black Panther. The actors are seated in a semi-circle, with the camera and film crew in the middle.
Chadwick Boseman as the character T'Challa is in the center, seated in a throne chair, surrounded by members of the tribal council. He is wearing a long sleeve black tunic with grey designs, black pants, and a black beaded bracelet on his proper left wrist. The curved throne chair is grey and black with Wakandan symbols across the front curve of the seat. Boseman’s arms are on the armrests. Daniel Kaluuya as the character W'Kabi is on Boseman’s proper right side, wearing a grey shirt with a patterned cloth draped around his shoulders.
Angela Bassett, as the character Ramonda, is seated to Boseman’s proper left side. She is wearing a black dress with a lacy bustle on the back along with a traditional black Zulu basket hat, a necklace, a ring, and a beaded bracelet on her proper left wrist. Her hands are folded on her lap. Isaach de Bankolé, as the River Tribe Elder, is seated on her proper left side in a decorative silver chair. He is wearing a green and black patterned jacket and pants. He is wearing a black beaded bracelet on his proper left wrist and is holding a hat in his hand. The hat matches the jacket and pants. The proper left side of his face is in profile. He wears a traditional Mursi lip plate and a green ear gauge with black geometric design.
Connie Chiume, as the Mining Tribe Elder, is seated on his proper left side. She is sitting in a decorative silver chair and her back is facing the camera. She wears a Himba headdress, called an erembe, consisting of red ochre colored locks of hair ending in dark puffs at the bottom. Atop the erembe she wears a beaded leather crown. She is wearing a yellow dress with a black, blue, and orange pattern.
In the center of the council semi-circle is a camera person with a film camera pointed at Boseman while another crew member crouches next to the camera dolly. Two crew members hold boom equipment above Chadwick Boseman. A third boom stick can be seen extending from the left side.
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company, © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2018.39.3.5
Type
film stills
digital images
digital media - born digital
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© Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
File size: 45.76 MB
Title
Object Name • Digital film still of actors and crew during the filming of Black Panther
Record ID
nmaahc_2018.39.3.5
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DIGITAL FILM STILL OF ACTORS AND CREW DURING THE FILMING OF BLACK PANTHER
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2010s
Geo Location
City • Atlanta • County • Fulton County • State • Georgia • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Online Media Type
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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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Digital film still of Daniel Kaluuya & Danai Gurira on the set of Black Panther

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Sharecropper's agreement between Daniel Weaver and James Crow

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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

Who was the first African-American woman millionaire in the United States?

Madam C.J. Walker