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In the new MOVE documentary, '40 Years a Prisoner,' Mike Africa, Jr., visits the prison cell where he was born. (Screenshot from 40 Years a Prisoner)
History
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Before the bombing: How MOVE became one of Philly’s greatest tragedies

Tommy Oliver’s documentary shows the radical commune’s early years, tracing escalating tension with the city that led up to the tragic 1985 police bombing.

5 years ago

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Protesters rally against street sign named after former Philadelphia Mayor Goode
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Protesters press city to remove street sign for former Philly Mayor Goode, citing MOVE bombing

About 30 protesters rallied to take down what they called “a monument to state violence.” W. Wilson Goode Sr. was mayor during the 1985 MOVE bombing.

5 years ago

Delbert Africa
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Delbert Africa, longtime MOVE member recently released from prison, has died

Delbert Africa was one of nine MOVE members convicted of third-degree murder following a 1978 standoff with police that left an officer dead and many others injured.

5 years ago

MOVE family
History
Philadelphia
Policing

35 years after MOVE bombing, the path to reconciliation is still unclear

For those affected by the bombing, including MOVE members, neighbors, political leaders and city residents, there is still no clear path to healing.

5 years ago

The brick exterior of 6225 Osage Avenue, one of the 36 homes destroyed in the MOVE bombing and newly renovated. (AJR Endeavors)
PlanPhilly
History
Housing
Philadelphia

35 years after MOVE, homes that Philly bombed for sale

Developer AJR Endeavors is wrapping up the rebuild of the block that Philadelphia bombed and allowed to burn in 1985.

5 years ago

MOVE family
History
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

MOVE 101: Why, 35 years ago, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself

How did an attempt to arrest MOVE members turn into a fiery inferno that killed 11 people and destroyed a neighborhood of more than 60 homes?

5 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.
Philadelphia
Policing

Former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.: Philly must apologize for MOVE bombing 35 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. is calling on the city to issue a “formal apology” 35 years after the MOVE bombing that killed 11 people.

5 years ago

Rowhouses in Philadelphia burn after authorities dropped a bomb on the MOVE house in May 1985.
Criminal Justice
Race & Ethnicity

Last member of MOVE freed on parole in death of officer

The last jailed member of the radical group MOVE was released from prison Friday, according to an attorney who represented the members in their parole appeals.

5 years ago

Pam Africa, third from right, and MOVE sympathizers traveled on Friday to SCI Dallas in Luzerne County to visit ailing Delbert Africa. (Courtesy of Joe Piette)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

MOVE expresses growing concerns over imprisoned Delbert Africa’s health

Delbert Africa is one of nine MOVE members sentenced in the August 1978 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer.

6 years ago

Janet Africa (right) embraces Betsy Piet while on the left, Janine Africa greets a well wisher. Janet and Janine Africa were recently released after serving 40 years in prison for their role in the shooting death of a police officer. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Two of the ‘MOVE 9’ speak days after serving four decades in prison

Janet and Janine Africa were released from prison Saturday after serving more than 40 years in the death of a Philadelphia police officer.

6 years ago

Gerald Renfrow and his wife Connie have stayed on the block despite many of their neighbors taking buyouts from the the city and are looking forward to more activity. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

‘Music’ of construction greets Osage Ave. neighbors on MOVE bombing anniversary

On the 34th anniversary of the MOVE bombing, 16 of the homes that were destroyed are newly rebuilt and residents have begun to move in.

6 years ago

Debbie Africa, (left), participates in a news conference alongside her son Michael Africa, Jr. and granddaughter Alia, 6, Tuesday June 19, 2018, in Philadelphia. Africa, a member of the radical group MOVE, was released from prison on Saturday, nearly 40 years after the group engaged in a shootout that killed a Philadelphia police officer in 1978. Michael Africa, Sr., has now also been released.  (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
History
Philadelphia

Mike Africa Sr., member of the MOVE 9, released after 40 years in prison

A second member of the MOVE 9 has been released from prison on parole.

7 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.
PlanPhilly
History
Philadelphia
Politics

As Philly honors former mayor with street sign, protesters assail Goode’s MOVE legacy

'I’m going to man up for what happened on May 13,' says W. Wilson Goode Sr.

7 years ago

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 Screen capture from The Making of

Opera Philadelphia’s new show reflects on black lives in the shadow of the 1985 MOVE bombing

Five years ago, Opera Philadelphia handed writer Marc Bamuthi Joseph a stack of 400 poems written by teenagers at the Art Sanctuary in No ...

8 years ago

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 The cast of ''We Shall Not Be Moved,'' (from left) John Little (tenor Daniel Shirley), John Blue (countertenor John Holiday), John Mack (baritone Adam Richardson), Un/Sung (spoken word artist Lauren Whitehead), and John Henry (bass-baritone Aubrey Allicock) stand in front of the boarded-up Osage Avenue home on the site of the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia. (Dominic M. Mercier for Opera Philadelphia)
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

Opera Philadelphia offers first look at MOVE bombing opera

An opera based on the 1985 MOVE confrontation — when police dropped a bomb on an African-American activist commune in West Philadelphia ...

8 years ago

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