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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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BLACK FACTS
The Truths They Never Taught You...

Katherine Johnson — Mathematics to the Moon

Katherine Johnson’s mathematical calculations helped guide some of America’s most important early space missions while she confronted the racial and gender barriers faced by Black women in twentieth-century America.

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Framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President Barack Obama

Date
2012
Photograph by
Pete Souza, American, born 1954
Published by
The White House, founded 1792
Subject of
General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
Owned by
General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
Caption
This photograph of General Colin Powell and President Barack Obama was displayed in the study of Powell's residence in McLean, Virginia. Although a longtime Republican, Powell endorsed Democratic candidate Obama during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Powell served as an unofficial advisor to President Obama during his presidency.
Description
A framed and inscribed photograph of General Colin L. Powell dining with President Barack Obama at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 2012. This photograph depicts General Powell and President Obama, seated at a dark brown table in a room of the White House, talking and eating together. Both men are dressed in white shirts, neckties, dark trousers, and black leather shoes. They sit in dark wooden chairs with orange-brown leather seats atop a reddish-brown carpet with white stars. There are large, framed paintings on the two walls inside of the white room, and two more just outside of the open black door leading to an adjacent area of the White House. In the bottom white sheet of the photograph is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads: [To Colin – Thanks for the friendship and continued good counsel! / Barack Obama]. On the reverse of the photograph is a square white label from The White House Photo Office. The photograph (a) is housed inside of a square black wooden frame (b), set between glass and cardboard backing.
Place captured
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Government
Men
Photography
Politics
U.S. History, 2001-
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
A2022.101.1.26ab
Type
photographs
portraits
Restrictions & Rights
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
(a) ink on photographic paper
(b) wood and glass
Dimensions
H x W (image): 6 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16 × 24 cm)
H x W (sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
H x W x D: 9 1/2 × 11 5/8 × 13/16 in. (24.2 × 29.5 × 2 cm)
Title
Object Name • Framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President Barack Obama
Record ID
nmaahc_A2022.101.1.26ab
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL AND PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2010s
Name
Souza, Pete • The White House • Powell, Colin L. • Obama, Barack
Place
District of Columbia • United States • North and Central America • Washington
Topic
Photography • Government • Politics • U.S. History, 2001-
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Washington • State • District of Columbia • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
Portraits • Photographs
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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Queen Anne style chair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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Framed photograph of General Colin L. Powell and President Barack Obama

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CDV of John Hines, formerly enslaved and cook of Company K, 15th Penn. Cavalry

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Chromogenic print of an elderly woman sitting in a chair

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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

Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.