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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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Mailing tube addressed to Lucille Brown

Date
1915-1953
Created by
Poro College, American, 1918 - 1950s
Subject of
Lucille Brown, American, 1892 - 1960
Owned by
Lucille Brown, American, 1892 - 1960
Description
This is a canister in which a Poro enrollment certificate was mailed to its recipient. The brown paper tube is addressed to Lucille Brown in Weir, Mississippi. There are two different colored, cancelled stamps on the tube, along the right side of the address label. The label wraps around the tube in the center. Text on the tube reads "Return in ten days to/ "Poro" College Company/ Saint Louis, MO/ Register No. 146453/ Lucille Brown No # 0560/ P.O.Box 815/ Weir, Miss./ [illegible]." The tube is open at both ends.
Place used
Weir, Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
Beauty schools
Business
Cosmetics
Women
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.170.3
Type
canisters
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 16 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (4.4 x 41 x 3.5 cm)
Title
Object Name • Mailing tube addressed to Lucille Brown
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.170.3
Museum
NMAAHC
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MAILING TUBE ADDRESSED TO LUCILLE BROWN
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1910s • 1950s
Name
Poro College • Brown, Lucille
Place
Mississippi • United States • North and Central America • Choctaw County • Weir
Topic
Women • Cosmetics • Beauty salons (Beauty shops) • Beauty schools • Business
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Weir • County • Choctaw County • State • Mississippi • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Canisters
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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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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Photograph of Desmond Margetson and Reginald Weir at Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

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Scrapbook owned by Reginald Beane

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A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival

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Mailing tube addressed to Lucille Brown

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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.