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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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Ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century

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Freedomways Vol. 20 No. 2

Date
1980
Published by
Freedomways Associates, Inc., American, 1961 - 1985
Edited by
Jean Carey Bond, American
Jack O'Dell, American, 1923 - 2019
John Henrik Clarke, American, 1915 - 1998
Ernest D. Kaiser, American, born 1916
Esther Cooper Jackson, American, 1917 - 2022
John Devine
Written by
Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
William Loren Katz, American, 1927 - 2019
Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
Alice Walker, American, born 1944
Damu Imara, American, 1951 - 2006
Tyrone Crider, American, 1959 - 2017
Barry D. Amis, American
Tom Dent, American, 1932 - 1998
Nieda Spigner
Geraldine Wilson
Carole Gregory Clemmons, American, born 1945
Claudia Zaslavsky, American, 1917 - 2006
Belinda Daniels
Charles Roach, Canadian, 1933 - 2012
Subject of
Patricia Roberts Harris, American, 1924 - 1985
President Jimmy Carter, American, born 1924
Sally Hemings, American, 1773 - 1835
Caption
Freedomways magazine ran for twenty-five years from 1961 to 1985. Released quarterly during that time, Freedomways was a leading African American theoretical, cultural, and political journal tackling major social and political issues, especially the Civil Rights Movement. The journal’s founders, led by editor Esther Jackson, included Louis Burnham, Edward Strong, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Shirley Graham Du Bois. Under Jackson’s direction, Freedomways became the leading radical Black left publication that gave a platform to veteran and newer writers, thinkers, activists, artists, and educators. The periodical ran their works and tackled issues of progressive politics, civil rights, colonialism, Pan-Africanism, prison and justice reform, education activism, art, literature, poetry, and urban decay.
Description
An issue of Freedomways magazine, Volume 20, Number 2, 1980. The front cover has an off-white background with white type inside a bright yellow-orange block at the top that reads: [Freedomways / A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT]. The cover features three edge-to-edge yellow-orange tinted photographs, designed by John Devine, capturing sociopolitical current events. The top photograph shows President Jimmy Carter with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Patricia Roberts Harris touring the South Bronx. The middle photograph shows people on unemployment lines and the bottom photograph is an image of Three Mile Isle nuclear plant. In the top left corner of the cover in large black type is a caption, [In a new decade, the struggle continues].
The interior consists of 112 pages made up of white paper with black ink. The pages contain articles, poetry, images, and book reviews.
The back of the magazine has an off-white background and features two vertical yellow-orange tinted photographs in the same style as the front cover. The top photograph shows a mass of people marching for union recognition in Laurel, Mississippi. The bottom photograph shows the Ku Klux Klan during a cross-burning. To the right of the images black and orange type lists articles featured in this issue The text reads: [Our Voices Will Not Be Silenced / Jesse L. Jackson / To Save Our Nation / Angela Davis / On the Cuban Question / Jean Carey Bond / People vs. the Klan / William Loren Katz / New Poetry by Alice Walker / Books reviewed include: / A Short Walk by Alice Childress / Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud / A Young Genius in Old Egypt / by Beatrice Lumpkin / Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough].
Place printed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Cuba, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Activism
Black Press
Civil Rights
Government
International affairs
Labor
Literature
Poetry
Politics
Social reform
U.S. History, 1969-2001
White supremacy movements
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Exhibition
A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Maurice Jackson
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.20.36
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 9 × 6 1/16 × 1/8 in. (22.9 × 15.4 × 0.3 cm)
Title
Title • Freedomways Vol. 20 No. 2
Record ID
nmaahc_2021.20.36
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
FREEDOMWAYS VOL. 20 NO. 2
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1980s
Name
Imara, Damu • Devine, John • Jackson, Jesse • Harris, Patricia Roberts • Walker, Alice • Dent, Tom • Spigner, Nieda • Carter, Jimmy • O'Dell, Jack • Katz, William Loren • Amis, Barry D. • Freedomways Associates, Inc. • Bond, Jean Carey • Wilson, Geraldine • Zaslavsky, Claudia • Roach, Charles • Hemings, Sally • Jackson, Esther Cooper • Gregory Clemmons, Carole • Clarke, John Henrik • Davis, Angela Y. • Kaiser, Ernest D. • Crider, Tyrone • Daniels, Belinda
Place
New York City • Bronx County • Cuba • Mississippi • United States • North and Central America
Topic
White supremacy movements • Activism • Literature • Black Press • Social reform • Government • Labor unions • Civil rights • Poetry • Politics • U.S. History, 1969-2001 • International affairs
Culture
African Americans
Exhibition
NMAAHC • A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
Geo Location
City • New York City • State • New York • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • County • Bronx County • State • Mississippi • Country • Cuba
Type
Magazines (periodicals)
On Physical Exhibit
Yes
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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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Freedomways Vol. 20 No. 2

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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

Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.