December 25th: Harry and Harriette Moore Killed (1951)
Standing up and doing what is right has a long and unfortunate history of placing a target on people’s back. On December 25th 1951 a couple who spent decades fighting for civil rights found themselves the victims of a horrific attack. An attack motivated by their activism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Harry_and_Harriette_Moore, https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/harry-t-and-hariette-moore, https://www.harryharriettemoore.org/the-moores, https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/moore-home-bombed/, https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1076141993/black-history-harry-hariette-moore, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/unresolved/cases/harriette-v-moore/, https://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/harry/mbio.html
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