Harry T. Moore
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Harriette V. Moore
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Grand Opening - April 2004
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Harry T. Moore Homesite
August 2, 2011
Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park
Reflecting Pool/Fountain/Meditation Garden/Gazebo
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
MIMS, Fla.—Brevard County Parks and Recreation announces the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park Reflecting Pool/Fountain/ Meditation Garden/Gazebo. Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park is located at 2180 Freedom Avenue in Mims, on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at 10 a.m.
The Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Inc., was organized in 2002 as a non-profit support organization for the park. It is through their efforts that grant funding was secured to design and construct the Reflecting Pool/Fountain/Meditation Garden/Gazebo project.
The Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park, location of the original Moore family home site, was purchased by Brevard County in 1994, and the Cultural Center was dedicated in April 2004. The park honors the legacy of the Moore's, who were parents, educators, and leading local and national civil rights activists. Harry T. Moore organized the first Brevard County Branch of the NAACP in 1934 and later organized more than 50 branches statewide. On Christmas night, 1951 which was the Moore's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, a bomb exploded under their Mims home fatally injuring Mr. and Mrs. Moore. Mr. Moore died on the way to the hospital and Mrs. Moore died January 3, 1952, one day after the funeral for Mr. Moore.
The park is dedicated to the commemoration of their lives, to promoting awareness of their contributions to the early civil rights movement, and to preserving African American history. The Cultural Center is a repository of Moore family artifacts and historical documents featuring strategic events beginning with the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery in America.
The park is operated by Brevard County. For more information, please call (321) 264-6595.
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The Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park has been developed to commemorate the lives of two pioneering American black civil rights workers. Harry and Harriette were leading human rights activists in Brevard County, in Florida, and in the nation. They organized the first Brevard County Branch of the NAACP in 1934, and he led the Florida organization and the fight for equality and justice until their deaths. As executive secretary of the Progressive Voters League, he helped break down registration barriers and was responsible for the registration of tens of thousands of black Americans throughout Florida.
They were murdered in their home in Mims when a bomb was exploded under their bedroom on Christmas evening, 1951, their 25th wedding anniversary. It was the first killing of a prominent civil rights leader, and was a spark that ignited the American civil rights movement.
Harry T. Moore is remembered by his students for his dignity, his determination, his compassion, his discipline, and the great value he placed on education. He is remembered by those with whom he worked, as a gentleman of learning, ethics, courage and persistence; who had a deep appreciation for the values that make America great.
The cultural center currently features a timeline of strategic events of the pre-civil rights era. Serving to stimulate appreciation of African-American culture and heritage, programs will include visual, literary and performing arts, as well as on-site and outreach exhibitions. The center will soon be offering lectures, drama, dance, reading, and creative writing, and is a meeting place for community organizations. The 100-seat conference center has surround sound with a backlit screen. The library offers visitor access to reference materials relating to people of African descent. Landscaped with indigenous trees and foliage, and well shaded by large oaks, the park is ideal for concerts, weddings, games and other outdoor activities.
Memorial Park HOURS
The Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park is open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Additional hours are available by appointment. The facility is available for community events.
The Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Inc.
A 501(c)3 organization providing community support for the Moore Memorial Park and Cultural Complex
P.O. Box 817
2180 Freedom Avenue
Mims, FL 32754
WEB SITE
The Moore Cultural Complex Board meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month, beginning at 6:30pm in at the Moore Memorial Park Complex Center, 2180 Freedom Ave., Mims, FL.
The County started working with the Brevard County Branch of the NAACP in 1989 to acquire the property which was purchased in 1994. In 1992 the Harry T. Moore Homesite Development Committee of the Brevard County Parks and Recreation Department was established in cooperation with the Brevard County branch of the NAACP to initiate development of the property. The site now serves as a memorial to the Moores, an education and interpretive center, and as a center for social and cultural activities in the community. In April, 1998, the State of Florida provided $700,000 to fund the Harry T. Moore Memorial Park in Mims.
The site is located at the south end of Freedom Avenue, off Parker Street in Mims. Future plans include a reconstruction of the Moore's six room house, with memorabilia from the Moores lives; picnic areas; and an outdoor pavillion. It is expected that it will become an historical tourist destination.
The Grand Opening for the Moore Memorial Park and the Cultural Complex was April 2004.
Seeking information and artifacts.
The Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park is seeking information from people who knew the Moores. Of particular interest is the design, layout, and furnishings of their home and items of the Moores that will help tell the story of the Moores and their lives. Our beautiful museum can now house and display artifacts safely. Written personal recollections are welcomed.
Anyone with information, knowledge or ownership of any such items is encouraged to contact Juanita Barton, Cultural Center Coordinator, Phone 321-264-6595 — htmcc@brevardparks.com.
Harry, Harriette, Annie Rosalea, and Juanita Evangeline
North Brevard Branch - NAACP
National NAACP
Clifton Colored School ca: 1890 -- Before their time - illustrates the value placed on education by black pioneers.
RESOURCES WITH WHOM WE HAVE EXCHANGED LINKS
Academic Info -- African American History - An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources on Black History
http://www.academicinfo.net/africanam.html
Academic Info: African American History: Civil Rights Movement
http://www.academicinfo.net/africanamcr.html
African American Web Connection - William R. Jones, CCP:
http://www.aawc.com/aah.html
Black Facts Online:
http://www.blackfacts.com/
Taylorz Web Page -- Black Studies:
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~panther/black/studies.htm
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