CentralNotice MOVE From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the organization MOVE. For other uses, see Move (disambiguation) . MOVE or the MOVE Organization is a Philadelphia -based black liberation group founded by John Africa . MOVE was described by CNN as "a loose-knit, mostly black group whose members all adopted the surname Africa, advocated a ' back-to-nature ' lifestyle and preached against technology". [ 1 ] The group lived communally and frequently engaged in public demonstrations related to issues they deemed important. Since their founding in 1972, MOVE has been in frequent conflict with the Philadelphia Police Department . A major incident occurred in 1978, when the police raided their Powelton Village home. This raid resulted in the imprisonment of nine group members, now known as the "MOVE 9." [ 2 ] After thi...