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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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Basketball signed by Lusia Harris with wood base

Date
1996
Manufactured by
Rawlings, American, founded 1887
Signed by
Lusia Harris-Stewart, American, 1955 - 2022
Billie Jean Moore, American, 1943 - 2022
Cynthia Jane Brogdon, American, born 1957
Susan Marie Rojcewicz, American, born 1953
Charlotte Lewis, American, 1955 - 2007
Gail Annette Marquis, American, born 1954
Patricia Susan Head Summitt, American, 1952 - 2016
Juliene Brazinski Simpson, American, born 1953
Mary Anne O'Connor, American, born 1953
Mariah Burton Nelson, American, born 1956
Linda K. Bunker, American, 1947 - 2021
Trish Roberts, American, born 1955
Rusty Kanokogi, American, 1935 - 2009
Norma V. Cantú, American, born 1954
Sue Gunter, American, 1939 - 2005
Jeanne L. Rowlands, American
Ann Meyers, American, born 1955
Nancy Dunkle, American, born 1955
Nancy Liberman, American, born 1958
Subject of
Women’s Institute on Sport and Education, American
Caption
This basketball is signed by the 1996 inductees of the Women's Institute on Sport and Education Hall of Fame. The inductees were members of the 1976 US Women's Basketball team, including Lusia Harris-Stewart, and notable women's sports advocates including Norma Cantú, Rusty Kanokogi, Linda Bunker, and Mariah Burton Nelson.
Description
A basketball (2017.29.4a) and its wooden base (2017.29.4b) signed by Lusia Harris and other members of the 1976 United States Women's Olympic basketball team. The Rawlings ball (a) is half red synthetic leather and a half white smooth surface. The signatures are on the side with the white smooth surface. The signatures are done in red and blue marker. The manufacturer’s name [RAWLINGS] is in large black text across the center of the ball. The ball can sit on the wooden base. The base (b) is a square piece of wood with a chamfered top edge and a large central hole for the ball to rest in. On three sides of the base are engraved metal plaques. The central plaque reads [1996 / Women’s Institute / on / Sport and Education / HALL OF FAME]. The proper right side plaque reads [LINDA BUNKER / NORMA CANTÚ / RUSTY KANOKOGI]. The proper left side plaque reads [MARIAH BURTON NELSON / 1976 UNITED STATES / WOMEN’S OLYMPIC / BASKETBALL TEAM].
Topic
African American
Athletes
Basketball
Sports
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Classification
Tools and Equipment
Awards, Medals, and Insignia
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
On View
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lusia Harris-Stewart
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.29.4ab
Type
basketballs
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
imitation leather on rubber , wood and metal
Dimensions
H x W x D (a:basketball): 29 3/16 × 29 3/16 × 29 3/16 in. (74.2 × 74.2 × 74.2 cm)
H x W x D (b:base): 1 3/4 × 5 15/16 × 6 in. (4.5 × 15.1 × 15.3 cm)
Title
Object Name • Basketball signed by Lusia Harris with wood base
Record ID
nmaahc_2017.29.4ab
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
BASKETBALL SIGNED BY LUSIA HARRIS WITH WOOD BASE
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1990s
Name
Head Summitt, Patricia Susan • Rawlings • O'Connor, Mary Anne • Dunkle, Nancy • Rowlands, Jeanne L. • Moore, Billie Jean • Brogdon, Cynthia Jane • Marquis, Gail Annette • Rojcewicz, Susan Marie • Women’s Institute on Sport and Education • Roberts, Trish • Simpson, Juliene Brazinski • Harris-Stewart, Lusia • Nelson, Mariah Burton • Cantú, Norma V. • Meyers, Ann • Liberman, Nancy • Kanokogi, Rusty • Lewis, Charlotte • Bunker, Linda K. • Sue Gunter
Topic
Athletes • Basketball • Sports
Culture
African Americans
Exhibition
NMAAHC • Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Type
Basketballs (balls)
On Physical Exhibit
Yes
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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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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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

What prosperous Tulsa district became widely known as “Black Wall Street”?

The Greenwood District.