On that fateful day, a helicopter pilot urged the city, "you don't have to drop the bomb" on MOVE’s West Philly home. His warning went unheard, until now.

Forty years on, journalists, activists and archivists discussed who does the telling, and how.

The bombing on May 13, 1985 claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and decimated an entire block in Cobbs Creek.

Investigative reporter Linn Washington remembers the MOVE bombing 40 years later .

A West Philly school founder shares the story of how students led a campaign to install a historical marker at the site of the 1985 MOVE bombing.

Exclusive: WHYY News' Tom MacDonald uncovers new details from the helicopter pilot who flew above the MOVE compound in 1985

After five weeks of hearings with more than 90 witnesses, the MOVE Commission determined the city’s bombing was an “unconscionable” act.

The 1985 bombing claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and destroyed dozens of homes in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.

WHYY’s Dave Davies reflects on the 1985’s MOVE bombing commission and some of his favorite Fresh Air interviews with Jerry Seinfeld, Nicolas Cage, Maggie Smith and more.

Victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing accuse museum officials of not being forthcoming about turning over remains of their family members.

An ongoing inventory uncovered more unaccounted remains believed to be those of 12-year-old Delisha Africa.

“It's Philadelphia history,” Africa Jr. said while discussing his new book at Temple University. “It's Black history. It’s revolutionary history. It's American history.”

“MOVE: The Old Days” tells the history of the organization through an exhibit on display this weekend at the Paul Robeson House and Museum.

“It’s really important for us to document this history, talk about things — and to never forget,” Mike Africa Jr. said.

Lionell Dotson, the brother of two children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.