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This week marked the 40th anniversary of one of the worst tragedies in Philadelphia’s history. In May 1985, the city’s police ...
Every month has its litany of persons born who went on to exhibit their Black excellence unashamedly, leaving their mark on society for generations to come. May is no different. On May 3, 1898, ...
In the aftermath, nine MOVE members—Chuck, Debbie, Delbert, Eddie, Janet, Janine, Merle, Mike, and Phil Afrika—were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms as the MOVE 9. Tensions with law ...
Forty years after the City bombed a house, killed 11 MOVE members and destroyed a neighborhood, Philadelphia still has not reckoned with it ...
The historical marker for the MOVE bombing was the work of middle schoolers. Here’s their story … As Philly works to ...
On the eve of the MOVE bombing in West Philadelphia, people gathered for a powerful message inside a Center City theater.
Actions by the city before, during, and after May 13, 1985, still loom large. In fact, one could argue MOVE is a microcosm ...
Africa owns the rights to the MOVE organization and serves as its legacy director ... of human remains from the 1985 MOVE bombing. (TOM GRALISH, The Philadelphia Inquirer, TNS, file)TNS ...
(Cory Sharber/WHYY) Mike Africa Jr., legacy director for the MOVE Organization ... We look back at the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia after the recent discovery around the mishandling and the ...
Rustin’s legacy is that of many organizers ... you’d likely not learn about the bombing of the Black organization MOVE in Philadelphia, which happened more than 60 years after the Tulsa ...
Between 1951 and 1974, Dr. Albert Kligman, a professor of dermatology at the School of Medicine, performed medical experiments on thousands of inmates in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg ... and the use of ...
In September 2018, Goode defended his legacy against shouting protesters ... saying "there are echoes of the MOVE bombing that persist in Philadelphia's police-community relations." ...