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Dozens gather on Osage Avenue to mark the 40th anniversary of the MOVE bombing
Forty years ago, after a 12-hour standoff between police and members of the Black-led, back-to-nature group MOVE, the city of ...
Residents, photojournalist reflect on 1985 MOVE bombing 40 years later
Longtime NBC10 photojournalist Pete Kane was only hundreds of feet away from the shootout and deadly bombing of the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia in 1985. For the 40-year anniversary of that ...
Four decades after MOVE, Philadelphia still struggles to learn lessons that led it to become the city that bombed itself | Editorial
Actions by the city before, during, and after May 13, 1985, still loom large. In fact, one could argue MOVE is a microcosm ...
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The largely forgotten history of Philadelphia’s police bombing of Black organization MOVE
This week marked the 40th anniversary of one of the worst tragedies in Philadelphia’s history. In May 1985, the city’s police ...
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Learn about the MOVE bombing through these documentaries, book and podcast
In addition to starring in a documentary, Mike Africa Jr. penned a book in 2024. "On a Move" traces the history of MOVE from ...
Philly City Council declares day of remembrance for victims of MOVE bombing
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, marks the 40th anniversary of the 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of the Philadelphia Black liberation group, MOVE.
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The ongoing struggle over the meaning of the MOVE bombing
MOVE supporters also took the opportunity to argue that the group should be remembered for its role as a Black liberation ...
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Philadelphia marks 40th anniversary of MOVE bombing
Driving the news: The Community College of Philadelphia is hosting a daylong symposium on the 40th anniversary of the bombing ...
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MOVE on? It’s hard; Mawn chef Q&A; Lincoln Drive slowdown | Morning roundup
The ongoing struggle over the meaning of the MOVE bombing Forty years after the city bombed the MOVE compound on Osage Avenue ...
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Community remembers victims of MOVE bombing in Philadelphia on 40th anniversary
Forty years after the MOVE bombing on Osage Avenue in Philadelphia, members of the community gathered at the site to remember ...
Religion Dispatches6d
Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
Forty years ago today, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself. The city of Philadelphia let that fire burn for ...
The Nation8d
40 Years After the MOVE Bombing, the Scars Remain
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 ...