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1985 MOVE Bombing To Be Remembered As Philadelphia City Council Calls For "Reflection" 40 Years Later
The city is still dealing with the aftermath of the incident decades later.
May 9, 2025
May 13, 2025, will mark 40 years to the day after the MOVE bombing, when the Philadelphia Police Department dropped a bomb on the headquarters of the Black liberation, back-to-nature group's Osage Avenue headquarters.
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The bomb started a fire that ended up destroying more than 60 row houses in the West Philadelphia neighborhood. Five children and six adults in the MOVE house were killed. All shared the adopted surname Africa.
On Thursday, Philadelphia City Council will hold a hearing addressing the decades since the bombing and vote on a resolution that would establish May 13 as a day of remembrance and reflection.
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