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Portrait of Harry T. Moore

1905–1951

Harry T. Moore

Florida NAACP martyr

Harry T. Moore built Florida's NAACP and was murdered with his wife for civil rights work—often called the first martyrs of the modern movement.

Biography

Harry T. Moore built Florida's NAACP and was murdered with his wife for civil rights work—often called the first martyrs of the modern movement.