MOVE Day of Remembrance, 40 Years
5.13.25 - MOVE organization members and their supporters gathered at the intersection of Osage Avenue and Cobbs Creek Parkway to acknowledge the 40 year anniversary of the MOVE bombing. This year's acknowledgement comes with the decision by the City Council of Philadelphia to recognize May 13th as MOVE Day. Hear from speakers and performers at the event who sought to honor the memories of the 11 men, women and children killed at the hands of then Mayor Wilson Goode, and the brutal Philadelphia Police Department.
Their names are as follows:
Tree Africa
Netta Africa
Delisha Africa
Little Phil Africa
Tomaso Africa
Rhonda Africa
Teresa Africa
Frank Africa
Raymond Africa
Conrad Africa
John Africa
Archive footage from WCAU-TV Channel 10, 1985
Musical performance, Ursula Rucker "Ring the Alarm"