#tdih 1951 Home of Harry T. & Harriette Moore in Mims, Florida was bombed by Klan — killing them both on their silver wedding anniv. #Terrorism The Moores (parents & teachers) organized with @naacp.bsky.social for voting & labor rights & against lynching. 🧵⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mo... - ThreadSky

zinnedproject.bsky.social • 93 days ago

#tdih 1951 Home of Harry T. & Harriette Moore in Mims, Florida was bombed by Klan — killing them both on their silver wedding anniv. #Terrorism

The Moores (parents & teachers) organized with @naacp.bsky.social for voting & labor rights & against lynching. 🧵⬇️
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/moore-home-bombed/

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zinnedproject.bsky.social•93 days ago

In the 1930s, Harry and Harriette Moore began organizing for the NAACP in central Florida.

They launched a legal struggle that eventually won equal pay for Black and white teachers. #BlackFreedomStruggle

zinnedproject.bsky.social•93 days ago

In 1941, Harry Moore became President and later executive director of the Florida state NAACP.

Under his leadership, the NAACP eventually grew to more than 10,000 members in more than 60 branches across the state. #Organizing

zinnedproject.bsky.social•93 days ago

After the "Smith v. Allwright" SCOTUS ruling on primaries, the Moores registered more than 100,000 Black voters, increasing Black registration from 5% to 31% of those eligible.

Their slogan was “A Voteless Citizen is a Voiceless Citizen.”

zinnedproject.bsky.social•93 days ago

Harriette Moore taught with books kept hidden under her desk by/about W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary McLeod Bethune, Zora N. Hurston, Langston Hughes, & more.

She appointed a student look-out so if School Sup't. came, he wouldn’t catch them.

See Jarvis Givens ⬇️
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/fugitive-pedagogy

zinnedproject.bsky.social•93 days ago

In addition to voter registration and teaching, the Moores investigated lynchings, including Groveland Four case.

Moores bravely demanded that the Sheriff (who killed one of the defendants) be suspended from office and indicted for murder.

See⬇️
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/groveland-four-arrested/

zinnedproject.bsky.social•93 days ago

On Christmas Day 1951, their silver wedding anniversary, a bomb planted by the Klan exploded under the Moores' bedroom. He died on the way to the hospital, she died of her injuries nine days later. They were survived by two daughters.

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