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who can explain Jesus Christ.

When Reverend Audrey Bronson wants to

practice her religion, nobody beats her up.

But when MOVE wanted to practice their

religion, people started talking about, uh,

"it's not done that way."

There are Catholics and Methodists,

evangelists, theologians, you name it.

We were the religion of life.

Where is it written that we could not

have a religion of our own?

Your brother, Vincent Leapheart

was John Africa, is that correct?

My brother, Vincent Leapheart,

was my brother.

John Africa was the founder

of the MOVE organization.

And they were one and the same?

I said my brother was my brother.

And I said John Africa was

the founder of the MOVE organization.

John-Vincent Leapheart

is my brother.

When Michael was about two years of age,

he was taken by his mother...

to a residence occupied by members

of an organization called MOVE.

And Michael was subsequently

given the name of Birdie Africa.

Michael Ward was, of course,

no more a member of MOVE...

than a child of Republican

or Democratic parents...

would be styled by

a particular party label.

He was throughout,

an absolutely innocent,

guiltless, and under the circumstances,

vulnerable child and youngster.

Now, when you go to school

and you embrace that education,

the very first thing you are

taught in school is separation...

is categorization,

alienation, conflict.

You're taught black, white,

blue, green.

Up, down, back, forth.

Taught, uh, Protestant, Catholic.

Taught Yale, Harvard.

Conflict. War.

You know, if a child does not know

that he is black and I am white,

if he is not taught

that categorization,

if he is not taught

that separation,

In the place of that,

all he can gravitate to,

all he can know is harmony,

is unity, is love.

Life! Life!

- Did you like raw food?

- Some of it.

Some of it?

What did you like particularly?

Watermelon, mangoes...

and sweet potatoes and onions.

And onions.

Did you all eat any meat at all?

Only one time

we ate raw chicken.

Why would the adults eat

cooked food and the

children not eat cooked food?

Do you know?

They said they wasn't

used to raw food.

They weren't used to raw food

and the children were used to raw food.

Were you all ever punished

for taking the food or anything?

Yeah. Did they punish you

when you...

- They had meetings on us.

- They had meetings?

Would they ever hit the children?

Uh, so you didn't get any spankings

or anything like that?

- They didn't believe in spanking.

- They didn't believe in spankings.

I see. Did you, uh-When they holler at

the children, what would the children do?

- Cry.

- They would cry?

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