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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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Press kit for the film Black Gold

Date
1928
Published by
Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
Subject of
John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965
Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
Alfred Norcom, American, 1897 - 1939
Lee B. Tatum, American, 1861 - 1933
Description
Press kit for the film Black Gold. The kit is double sided. The front of the kit has a news article on the left side. The stories are titled [BLACK GOLD BRINGS PROSPER- / IT TO COLORED RANCHERS / OF TATUMS, OKLAHOMA]. It tells how the movie helped the town financially and how the story is based on true events. Below the article are advertisements for Norman Studios including other movies the studio produced. The right side of the front of the press kit also includes a letter to exhibitors from R. E. Norman. On the left side is a reproduction of a window card for Black Gold. At the top of the card in a white box with blue text is [Coming to this Theater / (THIS IS EXACT REPORDUCTION OF WINDOW CARD)]. The card is red with black images and text. The images include a couple kissing, an oil rig, a woman bandaging a man, a man holding a gun and two men fighting. Text on the card reads [THE NORMAN STUDIO PRESENTS / BLACK GOLD / Thrilling Epic of the Oil Fields / WITH ALL COLORED CAST / One of the true Stories of / Living Colored Examples]. Black text in the bottom right corner reads [A Smashing Photo Play / CO-STARRING / Lawrence Criner and Kathryn / Boyd, Original Lafayette Play- / ers. Steve Reynolds. “Peg” / Alfred Norcom. United States Marshal. L. B. Tatums and the / entire City of Tatums. Okla.]. The back of the press kit features advertisements on the left side. On the right side is a copy of the window card on the front side. This version of the window card is white with blue ink.
Place captured
Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Place used
United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Actors
American West
Communities
Film
Race films
Western films
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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
2019.22.16
Type
press kits
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 21 15/16 × 28 1/16 in. (55.8 × 71.3 cm)
Title
Object Name • Press kit for the film Black Gold
Record ID
nmaahc_2019.22.16
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
PRESS KIT FOR THE FILM BLACK GOLD
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1920s
Name
Norman Studios • Reynolds, Steve • Tatum, Lee B. • Norcom, Alfred • Criner, John L. • Boyd, Kathryn
Place
Tatums • Carter County • United States • Oklahoma • North and Central America
Topic
Actors and actresses • American West • Communities • Race films • Motion pictures • Western films
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Tatums • County • Carter County • State • Oklahoma • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Press kits
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Albumen print of three members of the Boyd family

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A Love That Equals My Labors: The Life Story of Norma E. Boyd

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Poster for Black Gold

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Press kit for the film Black Gold

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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 became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.