MOVE was a Black liberation group founded in the early 1970s in Philadelphia by Vincent Leaphart, who later changed his name to John Africa. The group combined Black nationalist ideas with a back-to- nature lifestyle, rejecting modern conveniences, advocating for animal rights, and resisting governmental authority, which they saw as oppressive.

Additional human remains from a 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of a Black liberation group in Philadelphia have been found at the University of Pennsylvania. The remains are believed to be those of 12-year-old Delisha Africa,

The remains matched records for Delisha Africa, who was 12 when she was killed with 10 other members of the Black liberation and activist group MOVE, the museum said.

They are believed to be from a 12-year-old who was among 11 people killed during a police-led confrontation with the anti-government group MOVE.

The remains are believed to be those of a 12-year-old, one of five children and six adults killed when police bombed the MOVE organization’s headquarters.

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.

The remains of a 12-year-old girl killed in the infamous 1985 MOVE Bombing in Philadelphia were recently found in the University of Pennsylvania's museum.

Let us know! The Penn Museum has discovered additional human remains in its possession associated with the 1985 MOVE bombing in West Philadelphia. The remains are believed to be those of 12-year-old Delisha Africa,