Decades after MOVE bombing in Philly, a surviving son wants to preserve group’s legacy Published: Sep. 02, 2024, 10:34 a.m. FILE - In May of 1985, scores of row houses burn in a fire in the West ...

It's been 40 years since the 1985 MOVE bombing, an event that changed Philadelphia forever and remains a dark moment in the city's history. MOVE was a Philadelphia Black liberation group led by ...

Who was six at the time of the bombing, is now working as the legacy director of MOVE. He's reunited with his parents, who were released from prison in 2018 but remain on parole. Mike Africa: ...

Tuesday marks 40 years since the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia. On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a rowhome in Cobbs Creek. The resulting fire was allowed to burn and spread to ...

THE MOVE BOMBING. It was a standoff years in the making at 6221 Osage Avenue — the headquarters of a group called MOVE. The neighbors were fed up. The cops had warrants. And the members of the ...

Speaker, writer and activist Mike Africa Jr. takes readers back to 1985 in his new book, "On a Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for Justice." ...

MOVE (which is not an acronym) was founded in 1973 by Mike Africa Jr.’s great uncle, John Africa, born Vincent Lephart. In some ways, it was decades ahead of its time. Africa shunned modern ...

Learn more about the history of the MOVE bombing on its 40th anniversary through these documentaries, book and podcast series. The May 13, 1985, tragedy occurred when police dropped an explosive ...

On May 13, 1985, a police helicopter dropped a military-grade bomb onto the roof of the MOVE organization home, a row house located at 6221 Osage Ave., in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.

Along the way, Felix explores the long legacy of scientific racism, lingering questions over the 1985 MOVE bombing, and evolving ethics in the field of biological anthropology.

The University of Pennsylvania has settled a lawsuit over the handling of the remains of a MOVE bombing victim that were kept at Penn Museum for decades, according to court filings. Lionell Dotson ...

Activism / StudentNation / Mike Africa Jr. was only 6 years old when Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on 6221 Osage Avenue. But he remembers everything. Hannah Epstein This story was produced ...