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On May 13, 1985, the police, after a day-long confrontation with the black radical and naturalist group MOVE, in an attempt to evict their compound in West Philadelphia, dropped an explosive device on the roof of the building. The action claimed the lives of six adults and five children and burned a neighborhood to the ground. Today marks the 35th anniversary of the day. To mark the 25th anniversary in 2010, we spoke with neighbors who described the aftermath of the destruction of their communit

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s had central leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. But today’s movement is different. “When you cut off one head, there are still dozens, hundreds, thousands of heads operating.” Stream the CBS News special, “The Power of August,” now on CBSN. https://cbsn.ws/32HtSaD | CBS News