Burning Spear News Jun 14, 2021 Chia Cotansuca (Cota)
On Thursday, May 13th at Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia, members and supporters of the MOVE family held a memorial. At the mic, the speaker held a placard with the names of the 6 adults and 5 children who were murdered by the Philadelphia police
It has been 36 years since the City of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on MOVE, an African liberation organization, murdering 11 people including five children.
It has now come to light that Penn Museum, the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), and Princeton University have, for decades, manhandled the remains of 12-year-old Tree and 14-year-old Delisha Africa in the name of “anthropology,” i.e. colonial scientific study.
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Carl E. Singley works at Tucker Law Group, considered the region’s largest Black-owned firm.
Protesters demonstrated this week outside Penn Museum over the handling of the recently revealed MOVE remains Kimberly Paynter / WHYY Apr. 30, 2021, 7:45 a.m. Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.
A week after news broke that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University held, studied, boxed and shelved human remains identified as children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing, UPenn has launched an internal investigation led by Black-owned Tucker Law Group.
MOVE denounces museum’s desecration of children’s remains
By Betsey Piette posted on April 26, 2021
Philadelphia
At an emotion filled press conference April 26, MOVE members strongly denounced the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Princeton University for holding the remains of family members killed in the 1985 police bombing of their home.
From left: Carlos Africa, Janet Africa, Pam Africa (standing), Janine Africa, Consuela Africa and Eddie Africa. Credit: Joe Piette
News that Penn Museum was in possession of the remains first aired in an opinion piece by Abdul-Aliy Muhammad in the Philadelphia Inquirer April 21. The bones were given to UPenn forensic anthropologist Alan Mann by the Philadelphia Medical Office for analysis. Mann subsequently transferred to Princeton University, taking the bones with him.
On top of Philly news MOVE members mourn their children’s lives as Penn Museum apologizes for storing remains
University administrators now say they want to “reunite” the remains with their family but it’s still unclear where they are.
Consuela Africa (right) breaks down talking about the bombing of their family and the withholding of their children’s remains, next to Pam Africa (center), and Janine Africa (right) Kimberly Paynter / WHYY Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.
MOVE members gathered on Monday across from Malcolm X Park to address reports the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University have been in possession of remains thought to belong to children killed in the 1985 police bombing of the MOVE’s West Philadelphia compound.
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