Mike Africa, Jr.: Happiness Is a Choice - R4R 425
Release Date: 11/15/2024
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info_outlineLive Aid was THE event of 1985. The concert to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, viewed by 40 percent of the world’s population, was broadcast live from London and… not New York, not Los Angeles, but Philadelphia. A few months earlier, the city’s police had bombed the home of a revolutionary communal organization, MOVE, killing eleven residents, including five children.
The city hoped that by hosting the epic concert, the bombing would be forgotten. It was. Mike Africa, Jr., who lost family and friends, wants to change that through his book, “On a Move,” and his 13 Run Challenge.
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