Erased – Utuado, Wrightsville, and the MOVE Bombing

What happens when the government turns its weapons inward—on its own people—and then tries to erase the evidence? In this haunting episode of 10 Minute History Lessons, we uncover three devastating moments in American history that were nearly forgotten: the 1950 Utuado Bombing in Puerto Rico, the 1959 Negro Boys Industrial School Fire in Wrightsville, Arkansas, and the 1985 MOVE Bombing in Philadelphia.

Told in vivid detail and powerful storytelling, this episode explores the theme of erasure—how Black and brown communities have suffered unspeakable violence at the hands of the state, only to be silenced by history books and media whitewashing. From U.S. fighter planes bombing a Puerto Rican town, to 21 Black boys left to burn in a locked dorm, to the day Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a residential block—this is American history most people were never taught.