Harry T. Moore (1905–1951)

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• The struggle in general for civil rights after the Second World War

Forgotten civil-rights martyr a hero again. New book and buildings renew interest

By Michael Browning, The Palm Beach Post, September 1999. The life of Harry T. Moore, civil rights worker, who was killed by a bomb in Florida in 1951. He was dropped by the NAACP as its Florida state secretary.

Who Was Harry T. Moore?

By Michael Browning, The Palm Beach Post, 16 August 1999. Civil rights activist Harry T. Moore was murdered in 1951 because he'd become too successful at exposing injustice and getting blacks to vote.