MOVE is a Philadelphia based black liberation group founded in 1972 by John Africa. The group’s name is not an acronym and was choosing to reflect the group’s true intention. Members intend to be active because they say, “Everything that’s alive moves. If it didn’t, it would be stagnant, dead.” MOVE advocated for a radical […]
Month: May 2020
In Memoriam of Latasha Harlins
On Saturday, March 16, 1991, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins entered the Empire liquor store, she wouldn’t exit the store alive. Empire liquor was located in South Central Los Angeles, California. The Du family owned the store, they were Korean. Soon Ja Du’s, husband Billy and their son usually staffed the store, but this day, she was […]
South Sea Bubble
During the early 1700s Britain was involved in a series of wars with Spain better known as the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1713). Wars are expensive, and the British government fell into an enormous debt because of the wars. Robert Haley and John Blunt came up with an idea to relieve all the debt that was […]
