Remembering May 13, 1985, MOVE bombing in Philly
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Remembering May 13, 1985, MOVE bombing in Philly
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NBC10 PhiladelphiaNBC10 Staff
On May 13, 1985, the police, after a day-long confrontation with the black radical and naturalist group MOVE, in an attempt to evict their compound in West Philadelphia, dropped an explosive device on the roof of the building. The action claimed the lives of six adults and five children and burned a neighborhood to the ground. Today marks the 35th anniversary of the day. To mark the 25th anniversary in 2010, we spoke with neighbors who described the aftermath of the destruction of their communit
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Tuesday marks 40 years since the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia. On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a rowhome on Osage Avenue in Cobbs Creek. The resulting fire was allowed to burn and spread to dozens of other homes, killing 11 people, including five children. Our Joe Holden looks back at the tragic day, 40 years later, with Mike Africa Jr., whose friends and family were in that house on Osage Ave. “I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to fully accept what happened,” Africa said.
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In 1985, Philadelphia police bombed the MOVE organization’s home in a predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 11 people, including five children, and destroying over 60 homes. A tragic and haunting chapter in U.S. history. #SBM #somethingblackmade | Something Black Made
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