MOVE, originally the Christian Movement for Life, is an organization that advocates for black liberation, nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,
Members of MOVE in 1978
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
MOVE (Philadelphia organization)
…an organization that advocates for black liberation, nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). MOVE lived in a communal setting in West Philadelphia, abiding by philosophies of anarcho-primitivism. The group combined…
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