Philadelphia on Thursday marks the city’s first official day of remembrance for the 1985 bombing of a Black liberation group in which 11 people, including five children, were killed and an entire African American neighborhood burned to ashes. The children are believed to be Tree Africa, who was 14 when she was killed, and Delisha Africa, 12. As shockwaves from the bones discovery continue to reverberate across Philadelphia, members of the Move family are preparing to mark the 36th anniversary of the 13 May 1985 bombing of their headquarters at 6221 Osage Avenue. Apart from the 11 who died, some 61 houses were razed to the ground and 250 people left homeless. The recent shock over the children’s bones showed that “we can’t let the Move bombing fade into the past,” she said.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2021 06:00 UTC