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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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BLACK FACTS
The Truths They Never Taught You...

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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Tintype portrait of three men: Paul Smith, Dave Scott, and Arthur Blin

Date
ca. 1900
Photograph by
John Green, American
Subject of
Paul Smith, American
Dave Scott
Arthur Blin
Caption
John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Description
A tintype portrait of three men identified as Paul Smith, Dave Scott, Arthur Blin, captured by photographer John Green. Two of the men are seated and one is standing in the back. The man on the right is seated in a chair with his left leg crossed over his right knee. He wears a suit and a light colored shirt and tie with a flat brimmed hat. The man standing behind him wears a dark three-piece suit with a pocket watch dangling from his waistcoat. His left-hand rests on the shoulder of the young man seated in front of him. The standing man has a moustache and a light colored hat. On his other side is a third man in a dark colored suit wearing glasses and a bowler hat. He rests his right hand on his hip and left arm on his left thigh. All three men gaze at the camera. The tintype is attached to a faded pink paper card. The image window has a rounded top and is bordered by two narrow red lines. The outer edge of the card is bordered by a repeating stamped pattern in red. An attached grey paper flap folds over the pink card. There are three names handwritten on the back of the grey flap as well as the stamp from the photographer.
Place made
Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
American West
Business
Photography
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
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
2014.37.13.5
Type
tintypes
portraits
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
collodion and silver on iron with lacquer with ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (8 × 5 cm)
H x W (card): 4 11/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.9 × 7.8 cm)
Title
Object Name • Tintype portrait of three men: Paul Smith, Dave Scott, and Arthur Blin
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.37.13.5
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
TINTYPE PORTRAIT OF THREE MEN: PAUL SMITH, DAVE SCOTT, AND ARTHUR BLIN
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1900s • 1890s
Name
Green, John • Scott, Dave • Smith, Paul • Blin, Arthur
Place
United States • Colorado • North and Central America • Denver
Topic
Photography • American West • Business
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Denver • State • Colorado • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Portraits • Photographs
Online Media Type
Electronic resource • 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