Biography
Carlos Perez Africa is a longtime member of MOVE. He was among MOVE members prosecuted separately after the August 8, 1978 police assault on the organization’s Powelton Village home. A Philadelphia court convicted Perez Africa in December 1981, and he remained imprisoned for twelve years. Prison officials kept him and other MOVE prisoners in solitary confinement for extended periods after they refused to cut their hair in violation of MOVE beliefs. The Pennsylvania Parole Board granted his release on December 9, 1993 after lifting a condition that would have barred released prisoners from associating with MOVE members.
MOVE’s own 25 Years on the MOVE account dates Carlos’s arrest with eight other members in Rochester, New York to May 13, 1981 and describes extradition to Philadelphia on disputed fugitive warrants. It alleges that Carlos, Delbert and Chuck spent over six years in solitary for refusing haircuts contrary to their religious belief. It states that Carlos was released on parole December 9, 1993 after approximately twelve and a half years, following removal of a parole condition forbidding association with other MOVE members. The release day corroborates the existing field; the rounded duration does not establish a different admission day. 25 Years on the MOVE (May 1996; March 1997 printing), PDF pages 16, 18, 34. Source: https://azinelibrary.org/approved/25-years-move-1.pdf
