A U.S. Postage Stamp to honor the Moores.

Would you like to see a United States definitive postage stamp made in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Moore?

Mrs. Juanita Evangeline Moore, their daughter, would very much like to see her parents nationally honored this way. Mr. and Mrs. Moore died as a result of having their home in Mims, Florida bombed on the evening of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in 1951 on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are the only husband and wife team in American history to have sacrificed their lives through assassination, for their efforts to bring about equality for all.

Mr. and Mrs. Moore grew up in rural Florida at a time when there was no Civil Rights movement. Mr. Harry T. Moore was a shy, soft-spoken and studious man who along with his wife had been school teachers in Brevard County, Florida in the 1930's until they lost their jobs in their efforts to get equal pay and equal educational opportunities for blacks.

Although they lost their jobs they continued their civil rights activities, working to unionize black teachers, get blacks into state law schools, challenge segregated colleges and trains, register black voters, and investigate police brutality. Mr. Moore founded the Brevard County Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. and became the president of the Florida N.A.A.C.P. where he was a key figure until he and his wife were killed.

The assassination of the Moore's made front page news around the world, and was discussed at the United Nations, where U.S. delegate Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt warned, "the harm it will do us among the people of the world is untold."* Yet this warning by Mrs. Roosevelt did not stop the killings or the injustices that continued to take place and many became martyrs following in the footsteps of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Moore.

The death and life of Mr. and Mrs. Moore remains as a symbol of how much there is a need for Black History to be recognized in America. Beginning in the month of February, set aside as Black History Month, we are asking people to sign petitions, write letters, and contact friends, relatives, schools, organizations, churches, and public officials throughout the state and nation, in an effort to have a United State's definitive postage stamp of Mr. and Mrs. Moore made to symbolize appreciation for the sacrifices that they made for equality.

Copies of the petition can be printed, duplicated and passed around. When your signatures are completed the petition should be addressed and mailed to:

Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee Stamp Development
US Postal Service
4175 L'Enfant Plaza S.W. Room 47 4E
Washington D.C. 20260-2437

We will be coordinating efforts with the Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Moore Multi-Cultural Center at Brevard Community College and the N.A.A.C.P.

In order to show nationwide mass support, once your petitions are signed, please send copies or everything to:

Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Moore Stamp Committee
Rebecca Boettcher
2855 N. A.1.A. Unit F
Indialantic, Florida 32903

Rebecca C. Boettcher: (321) 773-9090 -- wnbrcb@bellsouth.net

*Quote from article by Ms. Karen Dukess and Mr. Richard Hart for-Tropic, February 16, 1992