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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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Charles Lloyd: Journey Within

Date
1968
Created by
Eric Sherman, American
Subject of
Charles Lloyd, American, born 1938
Keith Jarrett, American, born 1945
Jack DeJohnette, American, born 1942
Ron McClure, American, born 1941
George Avakian, Armenian American, 1919 - 2017
Owned by
Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
Description
A motion picture film with the title Charles Lloyd: Journey Within. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with a view of an empty theatre with a band set onstage. Shortly afterwards, members of the Charles Lloyd Quartet walk on set. The footage then quickly cuts to a scene with people disembarking from a plane with [CESKOSLOVENSKE AEROLINIE] printed on it, as instrumental jazz music plays in the background and the opening credits role. Llyod and the rest of his bandmates are then seen walking through an airport, at one point a sign that reads [PRAHA] comes into focus. The next scene opens with a photograph of Charles Lloyd as a young boy. His mother can be heard describing Lloyd's formative years and his early musical interest. As she speaks, a slideshow with photographs of Lloyd appear onscreen; each picture shows Lloyd at an older age than the previous one. In the next scene, Charles Llyod sits in a field describing some of his experiences as an amateur musician performing in "a place [in Memphis] called Mitchell's Hotel." Much of the rest of the documentary shows footage of Lloyd and his quartet performing, including their performance at The Prague International Jazz Festival 1967, in Praha. The documentary ends with various clips of Charles Lloyd running around and sitting on rocks at a beach as jazz music plays in the background.
Place filmed
Prague, Czech Republic, Europe
Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Documentary films
Film
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Jazz (Music)
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Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.275.44.1a
Type
sound films
black-and-white films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Restrictions & Rights
© Eric Sherman
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
acetate film
Dimensions
Duration (digital file): 00:57:18
Physical extent (film): 1920 ft
Title
Title • Charles Lloyd: Journey Within
Record ID
nmaahc_2015.275.44.1a
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
CHARLES LLOYD: JOURNEY WITHIN
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1960s
Name
Sherman, Eric • Smith, Ernie • Jarrett, Keith • McClure, Ron • Lloyd, Charles • Avakian, George • DeJohnette, Jack
Place
New York City • Czech Republic • New York County • United States • Europe • North and Central America • Manhattan • Prague
Topic
Instrumentalists (Musicians) • Jazz (Music) • Documentary films
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Prague • Country • Czech Republic • Continent • Europe • Locale • Manhattan • City • New York City • County • New York County • State • New York • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
black-and-white films (visual works) • 16mm (photographic film size) • sound films
Online Media Rights
Use Restricted

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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Charles Lloyd: Journey Within

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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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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

Which Supreme Court case ruled state-sponsored public-school segregation unconstitutional?

Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.