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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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Negro Digest vol. 1 no. 1

Date
November 1942
Published by
Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
Edited by
John Harold Johnson, American, 1918 - 2005
Description
Negro Digest, volume 1, number 1 (first issue). The front cover has a blue banner with the mast head at top that reads [NEGRO DIGEST] in centered, white block lettering. A red, vertical banner runs down the binding edge, with a white circle with [25¢] printed in the center in blue type. The main body of front cover is an off-white field with blue type, with the subtitle of the magazine, [A Magazine of Negro Comment], centered at the top, between two red lines. The remainder of the off-white field features the magazine's table of contents of the magazine, including a roundtable discussion, twenty (20) articles, a book section and special features section with corresponding authors and page numbers listed. There is a blue banner at the bottom with [NOVEMBER 1942] centered in white type. This magazine issue has sixty-six (66) pages, are off-white with black type throughout, and has some graphics included. The back cover has a thin red banner running along the top, and a thin blue banner running along the bottom. Centered below the red banner, on an off-white background is blue text that reads [ARMS / FOR THE / ARMY] with a graphic to the left of the title, and three paragraphs of text below advertising Negro Digest as a gift for men in military service. Text at the bottom reads [(Continued Inside Back Cover).].
Place printed
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Black Press
Business
Identity
Mass media
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Classification
Books and Published Materials
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.122.1
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Restrictions & Rights
© Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper with metal
Dimensions
H x W x D (Closed): 7 5/8 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 7 5/8 × 10 11/16 × 1 1/2 in. (19.4 × 27.1 × 3.8 cm)
Title
Title • Negro Digest vol. 1 no. 1
Record ID
nmaahc_2015.122.1
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
NEGRO DIGEST VOL. 1 NO. 1
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1940s
Name
Johnson Publishing Company • Johnson, John Harold
Place
Chicago • United States • Illinois • North and Central America • Cook County
Topic
Black Press • Mass media • Business • Group identity
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Chicago • County • Cook County • State • Illinois • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Magazines (periodicals)
Online Media Type
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Online Media Rights
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Spinderella at the Getty Center Under a Full Moon

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Orchestra Playing for Dancers at the Annual National Urban League Ball at the Savoy Ballroom, New York, 1949

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Negro Digest vol. 1 no. 1

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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

Which Black woman became the first elected to the United States Congress?

Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.