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12.25.1951

NAACP activists Harry and Harriette Moore murdered in their Florida home

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12.25.1951

Harry and Harriette Moore were early activists for the NAACP in Florida who became martyrs for the cause when a bomb was placed under their bedroom floor that went off on Christmas night, killing them both. The attack happened weeks after Harry had called for a local sheriff to be indicted on murder charges for killing a Black suspect falsely accused of rape. While five police investigations identified four Ku Klux Klan members as potential suspects in the bombing, no arrests were ever made.

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