MOVE bombing

Family members and a city councilmember are demanding that the University of Pennsylvania’s museum returns the remains of one of the victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing to her family.

Mike Africa Jr. and other members of the Philadelphia Black liberation group MOVE held a press conference on Monday demanding Penn Museum return the remains of Delisha Africa, a 12-year-old girl who was one of the MOVE members killed after Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the group’s home during a standoff in 1985.

Additional human remains from the 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of Philadelphia Black liberation group, MOVE, have been found at the University of Pennsylvania’s museum.

Additional human remains from the 1985 police bombing on the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia have been uncovered at the Penn Museum.

May 13, 1985, is one of the darkest days in Philadelphia’s history. Now 39 years after the deadly bombing that leveled dozens of homes is being remembered with a running challenge.

May 13th, 1985 is a day that many say lives in Philadelphia infamy. It’s the day the city dropped a bomb on the group “MOVE,” killing adults and children. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors reports as the city opens a new education exhibit to remember and learn from the tragedy.

Decades after police ordered the bombing of a home in 1985 that killed five children and six adults, the City of Philadelphia has opened a new exhibit about the bombing inside the Municipal Services building.