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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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Wilmington 1898 — An American Coup

Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.

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Assignment Number: 441-GD-07-NA21 - Combined Federal Campaign - Tuskegee Airmen Event

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Assignment Number: 441-GD-07-NA21 - Combined Federal Campaign - Tuskegee Airmen Event
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8601 Adelphi Road • College Park • 301-837-0561 • National Archives at College Park • 20740-6001 • National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures • MD • 301-837-3621 • stillpix@nara.gov • Magnetic Media • Magnetic Disk • Preservation-Reproduction • 8601 Adelphi Road • College Park • 301-837-0561 • National Archives at College Park • 20740-6001 • National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures • MD • 301-837-3621 • stillpix@nara.gov • Magnetic Media • Magnetic Disk: Hard Drive • Reproduction-Reference
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441-GD-07-NA21
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1967 • 1967-01-01 • 2 • recordGroup • 441 • 2005 • 2005-12-31 • General Records of the Department of Education • 726 • 2001 • 2001-01-01 • 1 • series • Most Recent • Department of Education. Office of Public Affairs. (1980 - 2005) • 2005 • 2005-12-31 • organization • 1980 • 1980-01-01 • 10448555 • 2016 • 2016-12-31 • Photographs Relating to Agency Activities • 5586518
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Date Taken: 9/25/2007
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Alabama SP Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Date: 77836702

This resource is located in Macon County, Alabama. Areas of significance include: Transportation. The National Historic Places Register Reference Number is 01000284.

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National Archives

Assignment Number: 441-GD-07-NA21 - Combined Federal Campaign - Tuskegee Airmen Event

Date: 53745388

Date Taken: 9/25/2007

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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Area Map 2, Project Years 2004-2012

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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Area Map 1, Project Years 2004-2012

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Why were the Tuskegee Airmen almost removed? #blerd #history #tuskegeeairmen

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Red Tuskegee Airmen blazer and nametag worn by Woodrow Crockett

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Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal

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Group portrait of seven Tuskegee Airmen

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

Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.