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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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Shirley Chisholm — Unbought and Unbossed

In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.

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Report on Alabama Justice, Volume 1 #5

Date
February 3, 1966
Published by
Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
Subject of
Samuel L. Younge Jr., 1944 - 1966
William Lewis Moore, American, 1927 - 1963
Carole Robertson, American, 1949 - 1963
Denise McNair, American, 1951 - 1963
Addie Mae Collins, American, 1949 - 1963
Cynthia Dionne Wesley, American, 1949 - 1963
Virgil Ware, American, 1949 - 1963
Johnny Brown Robinson, Anerican, 1947 - 1963
John L. Coley, American, died 1963
Jimmy Lee Jackson, American, 1938 - 1965
James Reeb, American, 1927 - 1965
Viola Liuzzo, American, 1925 - 1965
Willie Brewster, American, died 1965
Frank Andrews, American, died 1964
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, American, 1939 - 1965
Thad Christian, American, died 1965
David Colston Sr., American, died 1966
Written by
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson, American, 1898 - 1966
Description
A 43-page photocopied booklet, printed single-sided on white paper with black ink, and originally bound with one large staple at the upper-right hand corner, now removed. The front page has a handwritten title [REPORT ON / ALABAMA JUSTICE / VOL. 1, #5] above a hand-drawn picture of a man with his arms raised and his hands in fists, and below the sketch is additional handwritten text, [PREPARED FOR THE / CONFERENCE ON ALABAMA JUSTICE / TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE FEB. 3, 1966 / SPONSORED BY THE AD HOC / COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE IN MACON COUNTY]. The interior pages contain typewritten reports including a seven page listing of published incidences of racially motivated violence and a listing of 17 documented victims of racially motivated killings in Alabama between 1958 and 1966. Also included is a statistical report on "The Condition of the Alabama Negro," and reports on the role of the federal government and studies of law enforcement practices in Alabama. The booklet concludes with an excerpt from the poem "Dark Symphony" by Dr. Melvin B. Tolson. The back cover is a montage of newspaper headlines about incidents of racial violence in Alabama, as well as a photograph of Tuskegee Institute student Samuel Younge Jr., who was killed in January 1966 while advocating for civil rights in Alabama.
Place depicted
Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Place made
Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
American South
Civil Rights
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Justice
Lynching
Poetry
Segregation
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Violence
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Classification
Documents and Manuscripts
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
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
2014.219.1
Type
reports
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Title
Title • Report on Alabama Justice, Volume 1 #5
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.219.1
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
REPORT ON ALABAMA JUSTICE, VOLUME 1 #5
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1960s
Name
Robinson, Johnny Brown • Liuzzo, Viola • Tuskegee Institute • Coley, John L. • Ware, Virgil • Wesley, Cynthia Dionne • Younge, Samuel Leamon • Robertson, Carole • Jackson, Jimmy Lee • Daniels, Jonathan Myrick • Christian, Thad • Collins, Addie Mae • Brewster, Willie • Colston, David • Moore, William Lewis • Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus • Reeb, James • McNair, Denise • Andrews, Frank
Place
United States • Macon County • North and Central America • Tuskegee • Alabama
Topic
Justice • American South • Segregation • Violence • HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) • Civil Rights • Lynching • U.S. History, 1961-1969 • Civil rights • Poetry
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
State • Alabama • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • City • Tuskegee • County • Macon County
Type
Reports
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
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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

Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.