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The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the bombing and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. As Philadelphia police attempted to ...
MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart).
Today marks 39 years since Philadelphia police bombed the MOVE home, which left 11 members of the Black Liberation group dead, 61 homes destroyed, and over 250 people homeless.. Between the lives ...
A day after Philadelphia’s health commissioner was forced to resign over the cremation of partial remains belonging to victims of a 1985... View Article The post Philadelphia now says MOVE ...
Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is a former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controversial MOVE police action and house bombing in 1985.
Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley resigned from his position this week after revealing that he cremated the remains of victims of the 1985 MOVE Bombing without their families ...
Let the Fire Burn is a 2013 documentary film about the events leading up to and surrounding a 1985 stand-off between the black liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department. The film is directed and produced by Jason Osder and was released by Zeitgeist Films in October 2013. [1]
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office and the University of Pennsylvania are at the center of a lawsuit in connection to The post UPenn, Philadelphia sued by family of MOVE bombing victims ...