The Roof Is On Fire Move Philadelphia

On may 13 1985 after a long standoff philadelphia municipal authorities dropped a bomb on the headquarters of the african american radical group move.

The roof is on fire move philadelphia.

The standoff with move a black nationalism anarcho. The lyrics which had nothing to do with the incident became a popular dance floor chant. In the documentary let the fire burn. Mayor wilson goode of philadelphia upper left listens to the fire commissioner william richmond at the special commission investigating the move bombing and fire on 7 november 1985.

O n may 13 1985 a bomb was dropped on a row house in philadelphia unleashing a relentless fire that eventually burned down 61 houses killed 11 people including five children and injured dozens. Move is a black militant anarcho primitivist group founded in 1972 in philadelphia pennsylvania by john africa born vincent leaphart. Move members children listen to speeches during a commemorative march for the victims of the 1985 move bombing and fire on may 14 2005 in philadelphia. Here in philadelphia its lyrics were loaded linked to a vivid travesty.

The roof the roof the roof is on fire. The group lived in a communal setting in west philadelphia abiding by philosophies of anarcho primitivism. Wilson goode was mayor of philadelphia for just over a year before being part of the move maelstrom his infamous words inspired the title to the film but despite the controversy and the. About move and john africa.

Fire truck used to help bring murder suspect down from roof in north philadelphia. The name is not an acronym. William thomas cain getty images. The roof is on fire was released by rock master scott and the dynamic three six months before the move conflagration.

The group combined revolutionary ideology similar to that of the black panthers with work for animal rights. The 1985 move bombing refers to the may 13 1985 incident in philadelphia pennsylvania united states when the philadelphia police department bombed a residential home occupied by the black militant anarcho primitivist group move and the philadelphia fire department let the subsequent fire burn out of control following a standoff.