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FL S1934
Resolution
AI Summary
- Designates December 15, 2018, as "Harry Tyson Moore and Harriette Vyda Simms Moore Day" in Florida
- Recognizes Harry Tyson Moore (born November 18, 1905) and Harriette Vyda Simms Moore (born June 19, 1902) as educators and civil rights activists who organized NAACP branches throughout Florida
- Honors their work registering black voters, investigating lynchings and police brutality, and organizing the Progressive Voters League, which increased black voter registration in Florida to 31 percent
- Acknowledges their deaths on Christmas night 1951 when their Mims home was bombed; Harry died en route to the hospital and Harriette died January 3, 1952
- Notes the couple were the first and only husband-and-wife civil rights activists murdered during the civil rights movement and have been inducted into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame
Legislative Description
Harry Tyson Moore and Harriette Vyda Simms Moore Day
Last Action
Adopted
3/2/2018
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