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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MOVE can be traced back to 1971, when Vincent Leaphart, a black handyman, took the name of John Africa and established the Movement Toward a More Christian Life, an antitechnology group, which is dedicated to giving America back to the Indians and abolishing all governments "from here to Moscow and Peking." His followers, most of them black, all adopted the surname Africa, bought the house for $4,800 and moved in with their children and dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nose to Nose | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

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