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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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Warriors in Transition Family Activity Center Concept – Ft. Sill, OK

Date
May 2008
Created by
Garfield Peart, Jamaican American
Subject of
Fort Sill, American, founded 1869
Description
A digital scan (jpg file) of an architectural drawing for a Warriors in Transition family activity center at the Fort Sill military post in Oklahoma. The original drawing was done in pen and ink.
To the far left of the drawing, there is a partial early concept elevation sketch of the main building and front colonnade. Dashed vertical lines depict roofs, while bolder lines below depict arches, windows, and a door.
A diagonal line separates the early concept elevation sketch from a more detailed elevation drawing to the right. This detailed drawing contains color, roof pitch and style, dimensions, elevation markers, and annotations.
The building's roofs are depicted as red and annotated as [SSN METAL] with a four-foot rise and a twelve-foot run for the portico and main building, and three-foot rise and twelve-foot run for the colonnade’s roof. The portico has four windows facing the front of the building and a chandelier above the front door. The colonnade, extending to the portico’s left and right consists of continuous arches that terminate in beige brick bases.
To the far right, elevation markers demarcate the ridges and eaves for each of the three roofs, while green lines at the bottom depict the relative distance between the building’s key features. At the very bottom of the drawing, the title, location and scale are handwritten in green ink as [WT – SFAC FRONT ELEV / FT SILL SCALE: 1/8” =1’-0”].
Place depicted
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Architecture
Design
Health
Housing
Military
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Collection title
Rendering Visible
Classification
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Garfield L. Peart, MBA, AIA, NOMA; Architect
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.90.2
Type
exterior elevations
architectural drawings
conceptual drawings
digital images
digital media - born analog
Restrictions & Rights
© Garfield Peart
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 5971 pixels × 4626 pixels
File size (Total): 1.86 MB
Title
Title • Warriors in Transition Family Activity Center Concept – Ft. Sill, OK
Record ID
nmaahc_2021.90.2
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
WARRIORS IN TRANSITION FAMILY ACTIVITY CENTER CONCEPT – FT. SILL, OK
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2000s
Name
Fort Sill • Peart, Garfield
Place
United States • Oklahoma • North and Central America • Comanche County • Lawton
Topic
Design • Architecture • Health • Housing • Military
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Lawton • County • Comanche County • State • Oklahoma • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
digital media - born analog • conceptual drawings • Architectural drawings • Photographs • exterior elevations
Online Media Type
Images
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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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.