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Harry Tyson Moore (November 16, 1905 – December 25, 1951) was an African-American educator, a pioneer leader of the civil rights movement, founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida, and president of the state chapter of the NAACP.
Harry Moore and Harriette Simms married on December 25, 1926, and moved into the Simms' family home the following fall. [5] Harry was an educator, and Harriette was a former teacher turned insurance broker. [3] In 1927, Harry was promoted to the position of principal at the local Titusville Colored School. [5]
Harry T. Moore was a teacher and civil rights leader who organized a variety of initiatives in Florida. He founded the first chapter of the NAACP in Brevard County and in 1938, sued the school district in order to receive equal pay for black teachers.
Harriette Vyda Simms Moore (June 19, 1902 – January 3, 1952) was an American educator and civil rights worker. She was the wife of Harry T. Moore, who founded the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida.
In 1949, Harry T. Moore, the executive director of the Florida NAACP, organized a campaign against the wrongful conviction of the three African Americans. Two years later, the case of two defendants reached the Supreme Court of the United States on appeal, with special counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Thurgood Marshall as their defense ...
Five years later, Pollinger’s son Gerald, contacted Miles asking if he was still interested and suggested a meeting with Professor Harry Moore to discuss his biography The Priest of Love, this time more reasonable deals were discussed, and Miles commissioned a screenplay from Alan Plater, whom he had worked with on The Virgin and the Gypsy.
Harry Wilkinson Moore (1850–1915), British architect; Harry T. Moore (1905–1951), African-American civil rights activist; Harry Humphrey Moore (1844–1926), American painter; Harry Estill Moore ( 1897–1966), American professor and sociologist; Harry Tunis Moore (1874–1955), bishop of Dallas
William Henry Hastie Jr. (November 17, 1904 – April 14, 1976) was an American lawyer, judge, educator, public official, and civil rights advocate. He was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, as a federal judge, [1] and as a federal appellate judge. [2]