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Birdie Africa(1971-2013)

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On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped two pounds of military explosives onto a city row house occupied by the radical group MOVE. The resulting fire was not fought for over an hour although firefighters were on the scene with water cannons in place. Five children and six adults were killed and sixty-one homes were destroyed by the six-alarm blaze, one of the largest in the city's history. This dramatic tragedy unfolds through an extraordinary visual record previously withheld from the public. It is a graphic illustration of how prejudice, intolerance and fear can lead to unthinkable acts of violence.
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Birdie Africa was born on 19 December 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 20 September 2013 in Carnival Cruise Ship.
BornDecember 19, 1971
DiedSeptember 20, 2013(41)
BornDecember 19, 1971
DiedSeptember 20, 2013(41)
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    • Michael Moses Ward
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    • December 19, 1971
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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    • September 20, 2013
    • Carnival Cruise Ship(drowning due to acute alcohol intoxication)

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