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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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Digital image of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa

Date
June 4, 2001
Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Delois Ramsey, born 1919
Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
Thelma Knight, 1915 - 2009
Roanna McClure, born 1914
Otis Clark, 1903 - 2012
Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, 1915 - 2007
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa, founded 1909
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Owned by
Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
Description
Digital image of a photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and Eddie Faye Gates posed in two rows. Ten people are seated in the first row, and six stand behind them. Fifteen of the sixteen people wear or display the Oklahoma Medal of Distinction, medals hanging from green ribbon - Eddie Faye Gates, who stands third from the right in a black dress and animal print scarf, instead wears a red ribbon. Survivors present include Delois Vaden Ramsey, second row and second from left in a turquoise dress; Thelma Knight, second row and second from right in a black jacket; Roanna Henry McClure, first row and fourth from the left in a light blue dress and white hat; Otis Clark, second row and second from the right in a white suit and bowtie; and Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, second row and first from the right in a white dress. The photograph is taken in the gymnasium of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of a Riot Commemoration Program. The backdrop is a short brick wall and a red curtain. Back of photograph has a repeating watermark for Kodak Royal Paper. There are several inscriptions on the image of the back. At top left in blue ink is [#133]. At bottom left in blue ink is [TRR 1921 Survivors / June 4, 2001 / Riot Commemoration Program / Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa]. At center right in black ink is [2001].
Place depicted
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
American South
American West
Baptist
Communities
Justice
Race relations
Tulsa Race Massacre
U.S. History, 2001-
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Collection title
Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.117.54.1
Type
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog
Restrictions & Rights
Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
digital
Dimensions
File size (overall): 109.86 MB
Title
Object Name • Digital image of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.117.54.1
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
DIGITAL IMAGE OF TULSA RACE MASSACRE SURVIVORS AT MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, TULSA
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2000s
Name
Ramsey, Delois • Gates, Eddie Faye • Tillman-Jackson, Genevieve • McClure, Roanna • Clark, Otis • Knight, Thelma • Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa
Place
United States • Oklahoma • North and Central America • Tulsa County • Tulsa
Topic
Justice • American South • American West • Communities • Tulsa Race Massacre • U.S. History, 2001- • Race relations
Culture
Baptists • African Americans
Geo Location
City • Tulsa • County • Tulsa County • State • Oklahoma • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
digital media - born analog • Portraits • Photographs
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
Restrictions Likely

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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Digital image of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa

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Rev. E.V. Hill, pastor of Mount Zion MBC Church in Los Angeles was the revival preacher for the tent service (shown at left), Glenarden, Maryland, 1998

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Envelope for The Nation's Prayer Call Vol. 2 No. 4

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Handbill for a speaking engagement of Rev. Morris H. Tynes on Emmett Till

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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 Black woman became the first elected to the United States Congress?

Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.