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Reimagining Move: Revolutionary Black Humanism And The 1985 Bombing, Joseph E. Cranston
Reimagining Move: Revolutionary Black Humanism And The 1985 Bombing, Joseph E. Cranston
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This thesis examines the extremist group, MOVE and its founder Vincent Leaphart (a.k.a John Africa) in the context of Revolutionary Black humanism, rather than simply a footnote in the tragic events of May 13, 1985. it explores MOVE's predecessors in the Black Panther movement, including The Black Panther Party and how these organizations and individuals might have influenced MOVE and their aims. In addition, ample examination is given to the role that systemic police brutality and racism, specifically within the Philadelphia Police department and city government played in the decisions that MOVE made as they attempted to create a community …
Body Snatching In Philadelphia: A Social And Cultural History, 1762-1883, Timothy R. Dewysockie
Body Snatching In Philadelphia: A Social And Cultural History, 1762-1883, Timothy R. Dewysockie
Theses and Dissertations
In 18th-century Philadelphia the first medical school in the thirteen British colonies was established. However, cadavers for dissection could only be obtained involuntarily, a posthumous punishment generally reserved for murderers and suicides. Body snatching, the disinterment of corpses for dissection, immediately became a problem because legal sources of "subjects" did not meet demand. Body snatching was resisted in popular representations and the actions of everyday citizens in riots, petitions, and other forms of protest. However, in the late 19th century the requisition of "unclaimed" bodies for dissection - that is, dead "paupers" - became enshrined in Pennsylvania's 1883 Anatomy Act, …