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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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Scorecard from Bobby Jones Golf Course

Date
ca. 1983
Distributed by
Bobby Jones Golf Course, American, founded 1932
Subject of
Carl Seldon, American
City of Atlanta Department of Parks & Recreation, American, founded 1858
Caption
Carl Seldon was the first African American Golf Pro at Bobby Jones Golf Course where he worked from 1980-1986. Almost thirty years prior to his appointment, in 1951 Alfred (Tup) Holmes, his brother Oliver, their father, Dr. Hamilton M. Holmes, and friend Charles T. Bell were turned away from the public Bobby Jones course because they were African American. In 1955, their case Holmes v. Atlanta, the case that desegregated public golf, went all the way to the Supreme Court, where in 1955 the Court ruled favor of Holmes.
Description
A scorecard for the Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia. The scorecard folds in half, forming a small booklet. It is printed on white paper with green text and illustrations. On the front of the scorecard is the name of the course printed near the top, right corner in block text that reads: [BOBBY JONES / GOLF COURSE / ATLANTA, GEORGIA]. In the bottom right corner is text that reads: [Carl Seldon / PGA / Gold Professional]. On the right side of the front cover is an illustration of the seal of the City of Atlanta, Bureau of Parks and Recreation, with the name of the bureau printed in a circle around an illustration of a tree with a banner stretched across the inner circle of the seal that reads: [Leisure Services]. The back of the scorecard booklet is an illustrated map of the golf course, noting the rules, hazards and boundaries of the course. Taking up both interior pages of the booklet is the scorecard laid out in a grid. The top row of the grid identifies the hole numbers. Below it are the blue and white tee boxes followed by their respective yardages, men’s par followed by the par per hole, handicap strokes, a won and lost row, ladies’ par followed by the par per hole, and the red tee box followed yardage. Below the grid are blank lines for the user to fill out the [Date], [Scorer], and [Attested]. There are no marks on the front, back or interior pages of the scorecard.
Place used
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
American South
Golf
Recreation
Sports
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
On View
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carl Seldon
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2016.34.1
Type
cards
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 3 1/2 × 11 in. (8.9 × 27.9 cm)
Title
Object Name • Scorecard from Bobby Jones Golf Course
Record ID
nmaahc_2016.34.1
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
SCORECARD FROM BOBBY JONES GOLF COURSE
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1980s
Name
City of Atlanta Department of Parks & Recreation • Bobby Jones Golf Course • Seldon, Carl
Place
Atlanta • United States • North and Central America • Fulton County • Georgia
Topic
Amusements • Sport • American South • Golf • Recreation • Sports
Culture
African Americans
Exhibition
NMAAHC • Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Geo Location
City • Atlanta • County • Fulton County • State • Georgia • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Christmas cards
On Physical Exhibit
Yes
Online Media Type
Electronic resource • Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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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Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.