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The aim of this course is to illuminate a largely
forgotten American tragedy, and what it says about
the U.S. On May 13th 1985, the Philadelphia police,
with the help of the FBI, dropped a bomb on a
house occupied by a radical, overwhelmingly
African-American movement known as MOVE. This
took place in 6221 Osage avenue, in Cobbs Creek, a
West-Philly African-American neighbourhood. In
the process, some 11 people died, including 5
children. After police instructions to 'let the fire
burn', some 60 homes were completely destroyed,
leaving some 250 people homeless. The course is
about this, mobilising archives at Temple University
archives and City Archives in Philadelphia, as well as
interviews on the ground, some 40 years after the
events.
This course has been made possible thanks to the
massive help and support by Linn Washington, a
senior African-American journalist who has covered
MOVE since 1975.
- Enseignant: Olivier Esteves