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MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). The name, styled in all capital letters, is not an acronym.
- 1985 Move Bombing
The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13,...
- John Africa
John Africa (July 26, 1931 – May 13, 1985), born Vincent...
- 1985 Move Bombing
The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was an airstrike and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive ...
Oct 2, 2021 · How and why the Philadelphia state police bombed the home of the MOVE Black liberation organization, killing 11 and leaving 250 more homeless.
- Robert Longley
MOVE, a controversial Philadelphia-based organization often associated with the Black Power movement, combined philosophies of Black nationalism and anarcho-primitivism to advocate a return to a hunter-gatherer society and avoidance of modern medicine and technology.
Aug 8, 2019 · The confrontation ended in the death of a police officer for which nine members of MOVE, nicknamed the MOVE 9, were controversially convicted and given life sentences.
John Africa (July 26, 1931 – May 13, 1985), born Vincent Leaphart, was the founder of MOVE, a Philadelphia-based, predominantly black organization active from the early 1970s and still active.
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Nov 15, 2020 · Born Vincent Leaphart, John Africa co-founded Philadelphia's Black activist group MOVE in 1972 — but he was killed by police 13 years later.
