Mike Africa Jr.'s book, "On a Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for Justice," takes readers back to the 1985 MOVE bombing that killed 11 people. This first-hand account keeps the memory of this horrific event alive & pushes for justice. | Ben Crump
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Mike Africa Jr.'s book, "On a Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for Justice," takes readers back to the 1985 MOVE bombing that killed 11 people. This first-hand account keeps the memory of this horrific event alive & pushes for justice. | Ben Crump
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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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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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#Repost @a.kaballo ... 40 YEARS AFTER THE MOVE BOMBING IN PHILADELPHIA This week marks the 40th anniversary of the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania. On 13 May 1985, 13 people lived inside the headquarters of MOVE (@themoveorganization on IG) at 6221 Osage Avenue, when nearly 500 police officers surrounded the building to execute arrest warrants for the charges of parole violation, contempt of court, illegal possession of firearms, and making t*rroristic threats Founde
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🚨 Before continuing, you can comment ‘MOVE’ to get a direct link to help @MikeAfricaJr buy back his family’s land so that he can turn it into a memorial. The atrocity committed by Philadelphia police against the Black revolutionary group MOVE has no memorial, despite the fact that innocent men, women, and children were murdered, and 200 people lost their homes in the destruction. The land where the MOVE home stood, on 6221 Osage Avenue, was stolen (through eminent domain), but Mike Africa Jr. i
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In 2018, after spending 40 years incarcerated, Mike and Debbie Davis were ready to start living productive lives. They moved in with their son, Mike Africa Jr., who hadn’t yet been born when the couple — then 22-year-old MOVE members Mike and Debbie Africa — were sentenced for the 1978 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. Debbie found a job as a cashier at ShopRite while Mike started working in maintenance at the Chester Housing Department. Within the year, the Davises married and moved into
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Ramona Africa is one of the only survivors of the police bombing in a residential neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1985. The bombing was a result of a conflict between the Philadelphia police department and the MOVE organization, the black liberation group in which Ramona belonged. Watch the full video on YouTube/VICE. | VICE
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Every Day Is Juneteenth on Instagram: "On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the row house located at 6221 Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia. 11 people were killed, including five children. "On a Move" by Mike Africa, Jr tells their story. You can purchase it from this BLACK-owned online bookstore. everydayisjuneteenth.com ✊🏾📚"
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