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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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Shirley Chisholm — Unbought and Unbossed

In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.

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NMAAHC

The New Negro: An Interpretation

Date
1925
Written by
Alain LeRoy Locke, American, 1885 - 1954
Zora Neale Hurston, American, 1891 - 1960
Rudolph Fisher, American, 1897 - 1934
Albert Coombs Barnes, American, 1872 - 1951
Jean Toomer, American, 1894 - 1967
Countee Cullen, American, 1903 - 1946
Claude McKay, Jamaican American, 1889 - 1948
James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938
Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
Georgia Douglas Johnson, American, 1880 - 1966
Angelina Weld Grimké, American, 1880 - 1958
Jessie Redmon Fauset, American, 1882 - 1961
Willis Richardson, American, 1889 - 1977
Joel Augustus Rogers, Jamaican American, 1883 - 1966
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, Puerto Rican, 1874 - 1938
Charles S. Johnson, American, 1893 - 1956
Robert Russa Moton, American, 1867 - 1940
Kelly Miller, American, 1863 - 1939
Walter F. White, American, 1893 - 1955
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963
Published by
Albert & Charles Boni
Illustrated by
Aaron Douglas, American, 1899 - 1979
Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican, 1904 - 1957
F. Winold Reiss, German American, 1886 - 1953
Description
A hardcover, first edition of The New Negro: An Interpretation, an anthology of essays, fiction, poetry and art on African American culture written and edited by Alain Locke. The volume is jacketless and both front and back covers are dark blue with one small white square at center. The front square is printed with [THE / NEW / NEGRO] and the back cover has a dark blue geometric mask-like design. The sand-colored cloth spine has dark blue print that reads: [THE / NEW / NEGRO / EDITED / BY / ALAIN / LOCKE / ALBERT / AND / CHARLES / BONI]. The interior end pages feature a bright pink tropical print of people, animals, and plants. The front interior cover has a bookplate from the Community Church of New York Library, the opposite page has a handwritten inscription with the date “December, 1925.” The interior contents include multiple color illustrated portraits of the contributors, other illustrations, and African-inspired art deco designs throughout. The final page with type is numbered at 452.
Place printed
New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Art
Dance
Folklife
Identity
Jazz (Music)
Literature
Music
Poetry
Race relations
Religion
Spirituals (Music)
Theatre
U.S. History, 1919-1933
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
On View
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2022.21.18
Type
books
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper with cardboard with book cloth
Dimensions
H x W x D (closed): 9 × 6 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (22.8 × 16.2 × 4.1 cm)
H x W x D (open): 9 × 12 13/16 × 1 3/4 in. (22.8 × 32.5 × 4.5 cm)
Title
Title • The New Negro: An Interpretation
Record ID
nmaahc_2022.21.18
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
THE NEW NEGRO: AN INTERPRETATION
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1920s
Name
Covarrubias, Miguel • Miller, Kelly • Cullen, Countee • Toomer, Jean • White, Walter F. • McKay, Claude • Johnson, Georgia Douglas • Albert & Charles Boni • Grimké, Angelina Weld • Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) • Richardson, Willis • Fauset, Jessie Redmon • Fisher, Rudolph • Hughes, Langston • Douglas, Aaron • Reiss, F. Winold • Johnson, James Weldon • Johnson, Charles S. • Hurston, Zora Neale • Barnes, Albert Coombs • Schomburg, Arturo Alfonso • Locke, Alain LeRoy • Rogers, Joel Augustus • Moton, Robert Russa
Place
New York • United States • North and Central America
Topic
Art • Folklife • Literature • Religion • Spirituals (Music) • Jazz (Music) • U.S. History, 1919-1933 • Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement) • Theatre • Dance • Poetry • Race relations • Group identity
Culture
African Americans
Exhibition
NMAAHC • Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Geo Location
City • New York • State • New York • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Books
On Physical Exhibit
Yes
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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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

Who was the first African-American woman millionaire in the United States?

Madam C.J. Walker