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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 Violence That Helped Spark the NAACP

In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.

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Scrapbook page with photograph of Anthony Battle

Date
September 1925
Photograph by
Unidentified
Owned by
Catherine Jones
Subject of
Anthony Battle, American, 1842 - 1929
Loyal Snyder, American, 1905 - 1966
Description
A single, two-sided black scrapbook page with two black and white photographs on each side (a total of four) with silver handwritten descriptions underneath each photograph.
Page 1, side 1, 2022.43a: A black and white photograph of two women named Madona and Hazel. They are standing side by side in front of a tree or bush. A caption underneath the photograph reads [Madona and Hazel / our cousins at Greencastle / Ind.].
Page 1, side 1, 2022.43b: A black and white photograph of Anthony Battle. He is standing in front of a wagon being pulled by a horse. In the background is a two-story house on the right and two trees on the left. A caption underneath the photograph reads [Anthony Battle / at one time a slave / Sept. 1925].
Page 1, side 2, 2022.43c: The left black and white photograph of Loyal Snyder. He is leaning on the front of a parked car. In the background is a two-story house, the same house that appears in the photograph of Anthony Battle. A caption underneath the photograph reads [Loyal Syder – From Seattle Wash. / Calling on us at Jas & Nelson’s / Sept -15 – 1925 Greencastle, Ind.].
Page 1, side 2, 2022.43d: The right black and white photograph of Loyal Snyder. He has his left leg on the step of the same car of the previous photograph with his left arm leaning on the side mirror. In the background is a two story-house, the same house that appears in the photograph of Anthony Battle.
Place made
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Emancipation
Families
Photography
Slavery
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine Jones
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2022.43a-d
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
photograph albums
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
paper, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (scrapbook page): 7 1/2 × 10 in. (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
H x W (individual photographs): 3 × 3 in. (7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Title
Object Name • Scrapbook page with photograph of Anthony Battle
Record ID
nmaahc_2022.43a-d
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
SCRAPBOOK PAGE WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ANTHONY BATTLE
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1920s
Name
Snyder, Loyal • Jones, Catherine • Battle, Anthony
Place
Putnam County • Denver County • Indiana • United States • Colorado • North and Central America • Greencastle • Denver
Topic
Photography • Slavery • Family • Emancipation
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Denver • County • Denver County • State • Colorado • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • City • Greencastle • County • Putnam County • State • Indiana
Type
Portraits • Photographs
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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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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Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.