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A two-episode podcast by WHYY News explores the exclusive story of a helicopter pilot who warned the city that “the bunker’s ...
This week marked the 40th anniversary of one of the worst tragedies in Philadelphia’s history. In May 1985, the city’s police ...
Tuesday marks 40 years since the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia, one of the darkest moments in the city's history.
Actions by the city before, during, and after May 13, 1985, still loom large. In fact, one could argue MOVE is a microcosm ...
Police use everything in their arsenal to remove MOVE from their Philadelphia headquarters, finally dropping a bomb on the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mike Africa Jr. was only 6 years old when Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on 6221 Osage Avenue. But he remembers everything. Mourners of MOVE members killed in the bombing by the Philadelphia ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, marks the 40 th anniversary of the 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of the Philadelphia Black liberation group, MOVE. MOVE members, led by founder John Africa ...
ALI: MIKE AFRICA JUNIOR, WHO WAS SIX AT THE TIME OF THE BOMBING, IS NOW WORKING AS THE LEGACY DIRECTOR OF MOVE. HE WAS REUNITED WITH HIS PARENTS, WHO WERE RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 20 BUT REMAIN ON ...