The Philadelphia police bombing of black communal group MOVE's headquarters destroyed 60 homes, killing 11.
The long-lost remains of a child killed in Philadelphia's 1985 MOVE bombing have been discovered at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Museum.The discovery was made during an inventory to prepare artifacts for storage. Experts believe the remains are those of Delisha Africa, aged 12 at the time.
The conflict reached a tragic peak on May 13, 1985, when Philadelphia police attempted to evict MOVE from their fortified rowhouse in the city's Cobbs Creek neighborhood. In a controversial decision, police dropped a bomb on the MOVE residence, resulting in trauma generations of families are still living with.
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