John Africa

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John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart) was the founder of MOVE, an communal organization based in West Philadelphia that came to nationwide prominence after a botched Philadelphia Police Department raid on the origization's Osage Avenue headquarters on May 13, 1985, in which Africa himself as killed. He also played a peripheral role in the legal proceedings involving the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 killing of PPD officer David Faulkner.

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  • Craig R. McCoy, "Who was John Africa?", Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine Jan 12, 1986
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