MOVE ‘Day of Remembrance’ honors lives lost
By Betsey Piette posted on May 14, 2021
Philadelphia
On the 36th anniversary of the horrific bombing of the MOVE family house in Philadelphia on May 13, 1985, hundreds gathered at Osage Ave. and Cobbs Creek Parkway at a plaque commemorating the event. Speakers focused on naming and remembering the lives of the six adults and five children murdered by the repressive state.
Pam Africa (left) and Mike Africa, Jr, lead march through West Philadelphia holding signs with names of those killed May 13, 1985. WW Photo: Joe Piette
This year’s commemoration was especially poignant because of recent revelations involving the city’s callus mishandling and mistreatment of the remains of children who died there.
Thirty-six years to the day after Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the MOVE rowhouse in Cobbs Creek, killing 11 people, including five children, and razing 61 homes, the pain is fresh on Osage Avenue.
âThere are a lot of thoughts running through my mind,â said Mike Africa Jr. with a heavy sigh, looking out to the crowd of 200 dressed in white at Osage Avenue and Cobbs Creek Parkway. âBefore we get to those, we have to say their names.â
Rhonda Africa. Theresa Africa. Frank Africa. Conrad Africa. John Africa. Tree Africa. Delisha Africa. Netta Africa. Little Phil Africa. Tomaso Africa. Raymond Africa.
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Police erected barricades around a four-block area and established a command post.
At midnight, police went door to door, asking residents still in their homes to evacuate quickly.
At 12:15 a.m. Monday, a radical group known as MOVE warned police using its public-address system.
The message was, “You’re going to see something you’ve never seen before.”
At 5:27 p.m. on May 13 police dropped a percussion bomb on the MOVE rowhouse on Osage Avenue that left six adults and five children dead and 60 homes destroyed.
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