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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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Stereograph of troops with marching band

Date
ca. 1875
Photograph by
William Richard Cross, American, born 1843
Subject of
United States Army, American, founded 1775
Unidentified Man or Men
Description
A sepia tone stereograph card of U. S. Army infantry troops in Niobrara, Nebraska. In both left and right stereoviews, several men in full infantry and marching band uniforms stand in formation on a wide lawn. They are flanked by two large white buildings and mature trees. In the left stereoview, the last soldier seen at the right-most of the right stereoview, is not in frame on the left stereoview.
On the reverse of the photographic card, in black ink, is a railroad extension lot list, and details about the front image’s photographer. From top to bottom, it reads: [LOT A. / Pyramid Park (D. T.) Scenery. Northern Pacific Railroad Extension. / No. 1. End of Track. / “ 2. Construct on Train. / “ 3. Laying Track. / “ 4. Walker’s Cut, showing Vein of Coal 10 ft. thick. / “ 5. Scoria Cut and Inaccurate. Clay 55 ft. deep. / “ 6. Bad Land Scenery. Summit, N. P. R. R. entrance to Bad Land’s. / “ 7. Bad Land Scenery. Summit, N. P. R. R. entrance to Bad Land’s. / “ 8. 3 Butes; 1 Lignite and Clay; 2 Indurated and Scoria. / “ 9. Petrified Stumps on Indurated Clay Pillars, near N. P. R. R. Cuts. / “10. Petrified Stumps on Indurated Clay Pillars, near N. P. R. R. Cuts. / “ 11. Jasper Rock, Scoria Cut N. P. R. R. / “ 12. Cantonment, on Little Missouri River, N. P. R. R. Crossing. / “ 13. Lignite, 5 ft. vein, on Little Missouri River, N. P. R. R. Crossing./ “ 14. Surveying Party, resident Engineer, S. N. Keith. / “ 15. Pulpit Bute. / “16. Monumental Rocks, Sandstone. / “ 18. Alkaline Clay Butes. / “ 19. Near Cedar Canon, Scoria Butes in distance. / “ 20. Near Cedar Canon, Scoria Butes in distance. [others. / “ 21. Cedar Canon. Fossil leaves are found here by Prof. Denton and / “ 22. / “ 23. Wild Scenery near Cedar Canon, / “ 24. West Missouri River. / “ 25. / “ 26. / “ 27. Bute Indurated Clay. / “ 28. Grading Camp, West Missouri River. / “ 29. Hard Clay Mounds. / “ 30. Indurated Clay Bute. [at Cantonment. / “ 31. Two Ree Indian Scouts, “Four Thorn” and “Bull in the Water,”/ W. R. CROSS / PHOTOGRAPHER / NIOBRARA, NEB.].
Place captured
Niobrara, Knox County, Nebraska, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
American West
Band (Music)
Buffalo Soldiers
Military
Musicians
Photography
U.S. History, 1865-1921
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
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
2013.244.5
Type
stereographs
Restrictions & Rights
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W (Image, Sheet, and Mount): 3 11/16 x 6 11/16 in. (9.3 x 17 cm)
Title
Object Name • Stereograph of troops with marching band
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.244.5
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
STEREOGRAPH OF TROOPS WITH MARCHING BAND
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1880s • 1860s
Name
Cross, William Richard • United States Army
Place
Niobrara • United States • North and Central America • Knox County • Nebraska
Topic
Photography • U.S. History, 1865-1921 • American West • Band (Music) • Buffalo Soldiers • Military
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Niobrara • County • Knox County • State • Nebraska • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Stereographs • Photographs
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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

Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.