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The most famous of these confrontations, in 1985, earned Philadelphia a reputation as “the city that bombed itself.”. John Africa founded MOVE in 1972 after serving in the Korean War and becoming disillusioned with American society and race relations. He was one of eleven killed in the 1985 bombing of their headquarters.
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.He and his followers were killed at a residential home, which served as the headquarters of MOVE, in a fire after the Philadelphia Police Department bombed the house with C4-explosive, and deliberately ...
Oct 24, 2020 · Before the bombing: How MOVE became one of Philly’s greatest tragedies. Tommy Oliver’s documentary shows the radical commune’s early years, tracing escalating tension with the city that led up to the tragic 1985 police bombing. In the new MOVE documentary, '40 Years a Prisoner,' Mike Africa, Jr., visits the prison cell where he was born.
Aug 8, 2019 · That night, the city of Philadelphia dropped a satchel bomb, a demolition device typically used in combat, laced with Tovex and C-4 explosives on the MOVE organization, who were living in a West ...
Jun 6, 2020 · MOVE is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based black liberation group, whose foundation was built on philosophies of black nationalism and anarcho-primitivism, as well as animal rights. The group was founded in 1972 by Vincent Leaphart, a native of West Philadelphia, who could not read or write. He was drafted into the US Army in 1951, during the ...
1978. In 1973, a group of West Philadelphians—guided by the anti-establishment principles of charismatic Mantua resident, Vincent Leaphart (later self-renamed John Africa)—came together as MOVE. MOVE (not an acronym) adopted a radically alternative lifestyle and militant political practices that created antagonistic relationships with both ...
May 10, 2020 · Mayor Wilson Goode of Philadelphia, upper left, listens to the fire commissioner, William Richmond, at the special commission investigating the Move bombing and fire on 7 November 1985.
