In this On Air Fest exclusive, host Matthew Amha sits down with activist and MOVE member Mike Africa Jr. to discuss the making of The Africas VS. America and the ethical challenges of telling a family's carefully-guarded story. Mike Jr. opens up about his fraught childhood in the MOVE family, including his memories of the 1985 bombing, and the power of community healing.

"Love, peace and healing": A conversation with Mike Africa Jr. about telling MOVE's story

In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation’s — domestic war on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy. All episodes are available ad-free on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/cbc-true-crime/id6442568309?ign-itscg=80085&amp;ign-itsct=pod_channel_cbctruecrime" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CBC True Crime Premium channel</a>.

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In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation’s — domestic war on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy. All episodes are available ad-free on the CBC True Crime Premium channel.

In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation’s — domestic war on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy. All episodes are available ad-free on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/cbc-true-crime/id6442568309?ign-itscg=80085&amp;ign-itsct=pod_channel_cbctruecrime" rel="noopener noreferrer">CBC True Crime Premium channel</a>.

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