John Africa
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John Africa, was an American social activist who was the founder of MOVE, a Philadelphia-based, predominantly African American organization active since the early 1970s. He and his followers were kill
Portrait of John Africa
Africa hugging his attorney Jack Snite outside the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse after being acquitted of weapons and conspiracy charges, July 22, 1981
Jesse Jackson (far left) and other pallbearers carrying the remains of Africa
Africa's sister Louise James being helped away from a cloth-covered board containing his remains
1985 MOVE bombing
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The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, was the aerial bombing of a house, and the destruction of 61 more houses by the subsequent fire, in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Phil
John Africa
…the early 1970s. He and his followers were killed in the residential home that served as MOVE's headquarters after the Philadelphia Police Department bombed the house with C4-explosive, igniting an uncontrolled and lethal fire following a standoff between MOVE and police. John Africa was born Vincent Leaphart…
Smoke rises above homes in Philadelphia after the bombing
Police and medical authorities remove a body from MOVE headquarters on May 14