Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the aerial bombing and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization.
Born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, he worked for United Press International and the now-defunct Las Vegas Valley Times before coming to work for the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1983 as a photographer and photo editor. On April 7, 1985, he shot a series of photographs of homeless people on the streets of Philadelphia. This series was awarded the ...
"The City That Bombed Itself" – In 1985, Philadelphia police bombed a rowhouse occupied by MOVE, a radical black-power group. The bombing killed 11 people, destroyed 61 homes, left 250 people homeless, and earned the city this title. [13] [14] "Filthadelphia" or "Filthydelphia" – a reference to the omnipresent trash on the streets [15] [16]
Two people experiencing homelessness, Tonya and Troy, are seen just beyond private property that was being used as a homeless encampment, Friday, April 5 in New Philadelphia.
Project HOME is a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization [1] that provides housing, opportunities for employment, medical care and education to homeless and low-income persons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports
Trevor Ferrell (born 1972) is an American citizen who, as a young teenager, caught the public's eye for his efforts to assist homeless people. [1] He started Trevor’s Campaign for the Homeless in 1983, when he was 11 years old. [2] On December 8, 1983, he watched a news program on street people.
Reading the headlines about the "homeless doll" by American Girl, I was as struck as anyone else. Imagine: $95 for a homeless doll. But after digging around on the American Girl site I decided it ...