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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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Washington Corona Bronze Coffee Table designed by Sir David Adjaye

Date
2013
Designed by
Sir David Adjaye, British, born 1966
Manufactured by
Knoll, Inc., American, founded 1938
Description
A Washington Corona Coffee Table designed by Sir David Adjaye. The table has an abstract sculptural table base (2022.53.1a) composed of four sand-cast bronze panels with machined bronze connecting plates, brass hardware, and a clear glass tabletop (2022.53.1b). Each of the bronze panels are corona-shaped, with the lateral sides extending up to a top that is longer than the parallel base. The solid, mat bronze exteriors of the panels are arched at the bottom and convex towards the center of the tabletop. The panels' side edges, where they are attached to the other panels with connecting plates, taper inwards towards the bottom, with the connecting plates shaping the four corners of the table and the table's stylized legs. The interior side of the panels are polished to a mirror shine. Viewed from the top, the convex panels form curvilinear shapes extending towards the center interior of the table, over the sculpted arches of the base, creating a diamond-shaped negative space at the very center. At the top of each corner of the table is a small, molded diamond-shaped piece that holds the glass tabletop. The tabletop (2022.53.1b) is constructed from a single piece of clear glass with chamfered edges, in a square shape with abbreviated corners. It sits flush to the tabletop frame.
Place made
East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Architecture
Craftsmanship
Design
Furniture design
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Classification
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, GIft of Knoll
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2022.53.1ab
Type
furniture
tables (support furniture)
Restrictions & Rights
© Sir David Adjaye
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
glass and bronze with brass (alloy)
Dimensions
H x W x D (Overall): 15 3/4 × 40 7/8 × 40 7/8 in. (40 × 103.8 × 103.8 cm)
H x W x D (2022.53.1a): 15 1/4 × 40 7/8 × 40 7/8 in. (38.7 × 103.8 × 103.8 cm)
H x W x D (2022.53.1b): 1/2 × 40 7/8 × 40 7/8 in. (1.3 × 103.8 × 103.8 cm)
Title
Object Name • Washington Corona Bronze Coffee Table designed by Sir David Adjaye
Record ID
nmaahc_2022.53.1ab
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
WASHINGTON CORONA BRONZE COFFEE TABLE DESIGNED BY SIR DAVID ADJAYE
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2010s
Name
Knoll, Inc. • Adjaye, David
Place
East Greenville • United States • North and Central America • Montgomery County • Pennsylvania
Topic
Design • Architecture • Craftsmanship • Furnishings
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
Locale • East Greenville • County • Montgomery County • State • Pennsylvania • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Furniture • Tables (support furniture)
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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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