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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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Light green suit pants by Everett Hall

Date
1980s - 2000s
Designed by
Everett Hall, American
Subject of
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
Description
Light green men’s suit pants designed by Everett Hall. The pants feature a pleated waistband with six evenly spaced belt loops measuring about an inch and a half. There is a plastic button closure, an interior metal hook eye closure, and an 8” metal zipper with plastic teeth below it. The zipper placket outline is hand stitched. The front of the pants has two cotton twill lined welt pockets: one on each side of the waist. There are also two cotton twill lined pockets on the back that close with a grey, plastic pearlized button. The back pockets have a dart at the center. The interior waistband is lined with white cotton twill. A band of white woven fabric runs along the interior waist band and reads [Everett Hall] nine times in black text. The edges of the center back seam and the pants hem are finished with surging.
Cataloging Notes
This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
Topic
African American
Clothing and dress
Fashion
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Collection title
Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification
Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2007.3.610.2
Type
trousers
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
wool with 60% cellulose acetate/ 40% and viscose lining, herringbone twill weave, metal, and plastic
Dimensions
Waist: 35 in (88.9 cm)
Outseam: 51 1/4 in (130.2 cm)
inseam: 38 1/4 in (97.2 cm)
Title
Object Name • Light green suit pants by Everett Hall
Record ID
nmaahc_2007.3.610.2
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
LIGHT GREEN SUIT PANTS BY EVERETT HALL
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
2000s • 1980s
Name
Black Fashion Museum • Hall, Everett
Topic
Clothing and dress • Fashion
Culture
African Americans
Type
Trousers
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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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.