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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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NMAAHC

Uncle Jam Wants You

Date
1979, reissued 1993
Published by
Warner Bros. Records, Inc., American, founded 1958
Charly Groove, British, 1974 - 2001
Recorded by
Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
Produced by
George Clinton, American, born 1941
Written by
DeWayne McKnight, American, born 1954
Pete Bishop
Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951
Garry Shider, American, 1953 - 2010
Jim Vitti, 1944 - 2020
Darryl Clinton, American
Description
A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Uncle Jam Wants You,” recorded by Funkadelic and produced by George Clinton with the record label Warner Brothers then later reissued by Charly Groove Records. The double-sided vinyl disc (2022.31.3a) has a white [Charly / Groove] label with the album information in black text. The front cover of the record jacket (2022.31.3b) is printed in color and features a photo taken by Diem Jones of George Clinton sitting on a rattan throne chair in a reimagining of the iconic image of Huey Newton of the Black Panthers. Clinton is dressed in military attire and flanked by a cartoonish silver and glitter gun on the right and a large silver and red flashlight on the left. Behind the chair is a colorful rendition of the United States flag hanging vertically. There is text in the black canton, presumably reading [ONE NATION / UNDER / GROOVE]. At the bottom of the record jacket, in blue text, it reads [RESCUE DANCE MUSIC “FROM THE BLAHS”]. Decorative text at the top right reads [UNCLE / JAM / WANTS / YOU].
Inside of the record jacket (2022.31.3b) are colorful hand-drawn cartoon graphics set amidst pointillist ribbons of bright color. On the left are two disco dancers as well as two futuristic collage scenes including photographs of the bandmembers and the moon landing and a cartoon scene at bottom right titled [SINDRONE ATTACK!]. On the right is a a colorful illustrated rendition of the image of Clinton from the cover surrounded by various small cartoon drawings. The back of the record jacket also features a colorful cartoon version of Clinton posed in front of an red octagon space vehicle with two "Funkadelic Comix" scenes at the bottom.
Place made
United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Composers (Musicians)
Funk (Music)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Music
Musicians
Rhythm and blues (Music)
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Classification
Record Albums
Movement
Afrofuturism
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Caleb and Eli Tucker-Raymond
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2022.31.3ab
Type
long-playing records
Restrictions & Rights
© 1993 Charly Records Ltd.
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
(a) vinyl with ink on paper
(b) ink on cardboard
Dimensions
Diameter (a, disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
H x W (b, jacket): 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Title
Title • Uncle Jam Wants You
Record ID
nmaahc_2022.31.3ab
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
UNCLE JAM WANTS YOU
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1970s
Name
McKnight, DeWayne • Shider, Garry • Vitti, Jim • Bishop, Pete • Worrell, Bernie • Warner Bros. Records, Inc. • Parliament-Funkadelic • Collins, Bootsy • Clinton, Darryl • Charly Groove • Clinton, George
Place
United States • North and Central America
Topic
Afrofuturism • Funk (Music) • Composers (Musicians) • Instrumentalists (Musicians) • Rhythm and blues (Music)
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Phonograph records
Online Media Type
Images
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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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

What prosperous Tulsa district became widely known as “Black Wall Street”?

The Greenwood District.