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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

Mansa Musa was the ruler of the Mali Empire in West Africa. Details recorded here should be sourced; unknown information is left blank.

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Cellphone video of clash between protesters and police at Lafayette Square park

Date
June 1, 2020
Recorded by
Darren Matthew Haynes, American
Subject of
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, American, founded 1816
United States Park Police, American, founded 1919
Military Police Corps, American, founded 1941
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Description
A digital video showing clashes between protesters and police officers at Lafayette Square park in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2020, following the death of George Floyd. The video was captured with an iPhone X cellphone and contains color and sound. In the opening frame, protesters can be seen at the intersection of H Street and 16th Street NW, separated from St. John's Episcopal Church by a line of U.S. Park Police officers. Some of the officers are on horseback and wear light blue shirts and light blue helmets. Other officers on foot, standing in front of the ones on horseback, wear darker uniforms and hold circular shields that have the word [POLICE] printed on them in large white uppercase letters. A third group of law enforcement officers, including several from the US Military Police Corps, can be seen in Lafayette Square park, to the far right. They wear camouflage uniforms and hold large cylindrical shields. On the opposite side of the street, the ground-floor windows of the Hays-Adams hotel are covered with ply board.
Many of the people in the crowd carry placards, some are kneeling, while others can be seen taking photographs and videos with cellphones and digital cameras. As the person holding the camera moves slightly to the left, a crying protester is revealed. He claims an officer stole his skateboard, laughed about it, and then pushed him. At 00:00:24, the officers holding circular shields charge the protesters. The crowd disperses and a few individuals are trampled in the commotion. At 00:00:37 an explosion can be heard and at 00:00:45 another explosion can be seen. Above the shouting and explosions someone can be heard saying, "They're shooting rubber bullets." The person holding the camera begins running, revealing a pile of food supplies on the ground just before the video comes to an end.
Place filmed
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Activism
Local and regional
Police brutality
Race relations
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Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Movement
Black Lives Matter
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Darren M. Haynes and the Haynes Family
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.79.2
Type
digital media - born digital
sound films
color films (visual works)
Restrictions & Rights
© Darren M. Haynes
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
digital
Dimensions
Duration: 00:01:02
58.89 MB
Title
Object Name • Cellphone video of clash between protesters and police at Lafayette Square park
Record ID
nmaahc_2021.79.2
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
CELLPHONE VIDEO OF CLASH BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE AT LAFAYETTE SQUARE PARK
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2020s
Name
United States Park Police • Haynes, Darren Matthew • St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square • Military Police Corps
Place
District of Columbia • United States • North and Central America • Washington
Topic
Activism • Police brutality • Black Lives Matter • Race relations
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Washington • State • District of Columbia • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
color films (visual works) • digital media - born digital • sound films
Online Media Rights
Limited Use

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

Which heavyweight champion was known as the “Brown Bomber”?

Joe Louis.