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Harriette Vyda Sims was born.
Harry T. Moore was born in the Florida Panhandle to Johnny and Rosa Moore.
Harry T. Moore graduated from Florida Memorial College. He moved to Cocoa to teach fourth grade at Cocoa's only black elementary school.
Harry T. Moore and Harriette Vyda Sims wed.
Harry T. Moore was hired as principal of the Titusville Colored School.
Harry T. Moore protested and investigated Florida Lynchings.
Harry T. Moore organized the first NAACP chapter in Brevard County.
Harry T. Moore was hired as principal and fifth/sixth grade teacher at Mims Colored Elementary School.
In conjunction with all-black Florida State Teacher's Association, Harry T. Moore organized a group to file the first lawsuit in the 'deep south' to equalize black and white teacher salaries.
Harry T. Moore formed the Florida Progressive Voter's League and became executive director.
Harry T. Moore and wife, Harriette, were fired as Brevard County teachers.
Harry T. Moore becomes paid state NAACP executive secretary.
Harry T. Moore is under fire for his work on the Progressive Voters League and NAACP.
Representatives from the NAACP National Headquarters attempted to removed Harry Moore as Executive Secretary.
The Moore’s home in Mims was bombed. It was also the Moore’s 25th wedding anniversary.
The late Robert Hudson was the first on the scene to take breaking news photographs the day after Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore's death.
The FBI investigated the Moore murders, focusing on three Klansmen.
Funeral services were held for Harry Moore. He was 46.
Harriette Moore died from her injuries.
Protests over the Moores’ deaths are held across the U.S.
Funeral services were held for Harriette Moore. She was 49.
The FBI closes its investigation into the Moores’ deaths.
Brevard County Sheriff Rollin Zimmerman reopened the Moore bombing case and asked for tips. A terminally ill Klansman, Joseph Neville Cox, was paid $5,000 to kill Moore. The informant dies before he is convinced to testify in front of a grand jury.
Gov. Lawton Chiles orders the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to reopen the Moore bombing case. Former Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall, then 81, denies accusations the he financed the bombing.
The Moore's murder investigation was found inconclusive and closed.
The original Moore family home site, was purchased by Brevard County.
Attorney Gen. Charlie Crist reopened the case and asked for physical evidence, as well as memories or conscience-clearing confessions.
The dedication of the Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Cultural Center takes place.
Crist said his office determined the four men, who are now dead, responsible for planning the Moores’ murder: Earl Brooklyn, Tilman Belvins, Joseph Cox and Ed Spivey. All these names had been familiar to investigators for years.
A planned $500,000 expansion of the Moore Cultural Complex, coupled with interest from the Smithsonian, is expected to increase knowledge of pioneering civil-rights leaders Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore of Mims. (FLORIDA TODAY article "State grants $500,000 to expand Moore center in Mims").
The Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park and Cultural Center now houses twin reflecting pools, a fountain, meditation garden and gazebo. The new additions were paid for by a state grant. By Caroline Perez. Published date Aug. 20, 2011
Legislature is being looked at by the state of Florida to name SR 46 in Mims after Harry T. and Harriette Moore, who were slain Civil Rights activists. By Craig Rubadoux and Tim Walters. Published date: Dec. 12, 2011
Brevard County History teachers raise awareness of civil rights pioneers.
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