Harriette Vyda Simms Moore ( June 19 , 1902 – January 3 , 1952 ) was an African-American educator and civil rights worker . She was the wife of Harry T. Moore , who founded the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) in Brevard County , Florida . Her and her husband 's murder was the first assassination to happen during the civil rights movement , and the only time a husband and wife were both killed for their activism
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Murder of Harry and Harriette Moore
Harriette Moore