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Harry T. Moore
American teacher and civil rights activist (1905–1951)
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| Born | (1905-11-18)November 18, 1905 Houston, Suwannee County, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 1951(1951-12-25) (aged 46) Mims, Brevard County, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, civil rights pioneer |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | Harry Moore on pbs.org |
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 T. Moore and his wife, Harriette Moore, also an educator, were the victims of a bombing of their home in Mims, Florida, on Christmas night 1951. As the local hospital in Titusville would not treat Blacks, he died on the way to the nearest one that woul