MOVE Bombing

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November 8, 2022
The brother of two of the victims in the 1985 MOVE bombing has filed a lawsuit against the city of…
January 6, 2022
The fire occurred before 6:30 a.m. in a public housing unit where 18 people were living. Mayor Jim Kenney asked…
September 25, 2021
Charles Sims Africa, the last member of the Move 9 to be freed from prison last year, has now died,…
June 18, 2021
Sophia Dawson’s Correspondence is the culmination of a 10-year project where she depicted political prisoners, including members of MOVE 9.
May 15, 2021
Mayor Jim Kenney released a statement late Friday saying the victim remains were located at the medical examiner's office.
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May 14, 2021
The Philadelphia health commissioner has resigned after revealing that he cremated the remains of victims of the 1985 Move Bombing.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
May 11, 2021
This week, on the What’s In It For Us podcast, Host Dr. Christina Greer was joined by Polly Irungu to…
MOVE thegrio.com
April 23, 2021
Penn University and Princeton are facing controversy for using the remains of Black children killed in the MOVE bombing in…
MOVE Bombing theGrio.com
May 14, 2020
City Council of Philadelphia has apologized for dropping a bomb on a house occupied by a radical group called MOVE.…
Delbert Orr Africa
January 19, 2020
Delbert Orr Africa, 73, was one of nine MOVE members convicted in the wake of a siege that left a…
August 18, 2017
Even when America is not as focused on it as it should be, the killing of Black people by police
September 26, 2013
(AP) - Ward died aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean, according to the Brevard County, Fla., medical examiner's office.…
September 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Twenty-eight years after being at the center of a deadly encounter with the city of Philadelphia, Ramona…