Conversations on Race and Policing Presents: "Let the Fire Burn," a film screening and discussion of the 1985 MOVE bombing

Join us on Wednesday, March 24 at 3 p.m. for a screening and discussion of "Let the Fire Burn," an archival-footage documentary about the 1985 MOVE bombing. 

On May 13 of that year, the Philidelphia Police Department dropped a military-grade satchel charge on a MOVE-occupied townhouse, igniting an inferno that killed 11 (including five children), destroyed 61 homes, and left more than 250 citizens homeless.

Author Betsey Piette, who reviewed the film, wrote: "Let the Fire Burn reminds its audience that city officials, with full knowledge that children were in the house, chose not to extinguish the blaze. Wilson Goode, then Philadelphia’s mayor, admits during testimony before a commission that 'there was a decision to let the fire burn'."

 Zoom link: https://csusb.zoom.us/j/97960458784

  March 24, 2021 | 3 P.M. 

Gene Demby, co-host of NPR's Code Switch, writes about the MOVE bombing in an article titled "I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing."

Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (History), Stan Futch (President,WAG), and CSUSB students Marlo Brooks, Zoralynn Oglesby, and Evelyn Jimenez. 

For questions or more information, contact Robie Madrigal (rmadriga@csusb.edu) or Jeremy Murray (jmurray@csusb.edu).