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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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Washington Skeleton Aluminum Side Chair designed by Sir David Adjaye

Date
2013
Designed by
Sir David Adjaye, British, born 1966
Manufactured by
Knoll, Inc., American, founded 1938
Description
A Washington Skeleton Aluminum Side Chair designed by Sir David Adjaye. The chair body and legs are constructed from pieces of casted aluminum coated with copper plating. The chair has a cantilever design, with forked front legs that support the entire body of the chair. The chair body is constructed from a single piece of casted metal. It is armless, with a contemporary shaped chair back that widens at the shoulders, and a molded seat with slightly rounded edges and corners. The casted body features an open weave lattice design that integrates triangles, squares, rectangles, and chevrons in a symmetrical pattern. On the underside of the chair, near the seat edge, is a reproduction of the artist’s signature and the manufacturing information in raised, molded text that reads [David Adjaye / KnollStudio 2013]. The chair legs attach to chair body’s two molded chair leg tops that curve down from the front side corners of the chair seat, with mortise and tenon joints secured with copper plated screws. The legs extend diagonally towards the back of the chair, terminating below the chair back. The legs are forked at the midpoint with the forked offshoots extending diagonally toward the front of the chair, terminating below the seat edge. On the bottom of each leg prong is a black nylon glide held in place with two, silver tone, metal screws.
Place made
East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Craftsmanship
Design
Furniture design
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Classification
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, GIft of Knoll
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2022.53.2.1
Type
seats and seat components
furniture
chairs
Restrictions & Rights
© Sir David Adjaye
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
copper on aluminum with nylon and metal
Dimensions
H x W x D (2022.53.2.1): 32 11/16 × 17 5/8 × 20 1/4 in. (83 × 44.8 × 51.5 cm)
Title
Object Name • Washington Skeleton Aluminum Side Chair designed by Sir David Adjaye
Record ID
nmaahc_2022.53.2.1
Museum
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Title Sort
WASHINGTON SKELETON ALUMINUM SIDE CHAIR DESIGNED BY SIR DAVID ADJAYE
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2010s
Name
Knoll, Inc. • Adjaye, David
Place
East Greenville • United States • North and Central America • Montgomery County • Pennsylvania
Topic
Design • Craftsmanship • Furnishings
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
Locale • East Greenville • County • Montgomery County • State • Pennsylvania • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Furniture • Chairs (furniture forms) • seats and seat components
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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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

Which Supreme Court case ruled state-sponsored public-school segregation unconstitutional?

Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.