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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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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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Black Effect: Upper View Render

Date
2019
Designed by
Tobi Ashiru
Illustrated by
Tobi Ashiru
Subject of
National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
Description
An Adobe Illustrator file of the “upper view render” from a project titled “Black Effect” by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with this view depicting an elevated exterior view from the west side of the building, looking south.
The rendering is shown from the perspective of a balcony on top of an overhang above Heritage Hall. The balcony features a narrow strip of greenspace that extends almost the full length of the building to the southwest corner. Behind the greenspace there is a brown bench that runs the full length of the greenspace and in front is line of windows. Behind the bench are windows and a square windowed enclosure. The first and second tiers of the museum building on this side of the building are rendered in white with diagonal black stripes above. Between the two tiers is a strip of green grass and white flowers giving the appearance of a living wall or garden space. On the grounds below is a sunken walkway to the west facing side of the museum. The walled walkway divides a water feature in front of the museum. The long wall along the walkway is lined with images representing the Middle Passage, with enslaved figures depicted in tightly packed horizontal rows. The sky is rendered in yellow and there are two trees on the far right edge of the image with a row of plants and yellow rose bushes planted in the front. In the background, at the center, is a flowering cherry blossom tree. Several footpaths, rendered in gray, lead to the south side of the building.
Place depicted
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Architecture
Black geographies
Design
Local and regional
Museums
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Collection title
Rendering Visible
Portfolio/Series
Black Effect
Classification
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift designed by Tobi Ashiru
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.114.6
Type
architectural drawings
digital media - born digital
Restrictions & Rights
© Tobi Ashiru
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 2700 pixels × 4800 pixels
File size: 72.66 MB
Title
Title • Black Effect: Upper View Render
Record ID
nmaahc_2021.114.6
Museum
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Title Sort
BLACK EFFECT: UPPER VIEW RENDER
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2010s
Name
Ashiru, Tobi • National Museum of African American History and Culture
Place
District of Columbia • United States • North and Central America • Washington
Topic
Design • Architecture • Black geographies • Museums
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
City • Washington • State • District of Columbia • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America
Type
digital media - born digital • Architectural drawings
Online Media Type
Images
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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Black Effect: Siteplan and Elevation

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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.