Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, was forever changed 36 years ago when the police bombed the home of the Black Liberation group called MOVE. At 5:27 p.m. on May 13, 1985, Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr., the city’s first Black mayor, authorized the bombing of Osage Avenue. Police flew over the area and dropped explosives on the home, killing eleven people, including five children. The entire Black neighborhood burned to the ground. More than 200 people were left homeless.
On the anniversary, the Philadelphia Health Commissioner resigned for cremating and disposing of the remains of bombing victims without notifying their families. “Start Your Day” hosts Sharon Reed and Mike Hill discussed the MOVE bombing and said this moment in history does not get enough attention. Reed, who grew up in Philadelphia, said she was a child when the bombing took place and she called it ‘disgusting.”
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