Moore, Amzie, 1911-1982
Biography:
Amzie Moore was born and raised in Mississippi. Moore's family owned some land, inherited from his grandfather, but they struggled in the Great Depression and eventually lost the property. Moore's mother died when he was fourteen, and he moved to Greenwood, Mississippi where he put himself through high school. Moore worked for the U.S. Post Office from 1935 to 1968, when he retired. During that time he served in the U. S. Army for three and a half years in Burma during World War II. He also opened a gas and service station with a restaurant and a beauty parlor while he worked for the Post Office. Moore was considered to be a community leader in his home, Cleveland, Mississippi. He was the president of the local NAACP for a time and he encouraged voter registration efforts in the black community. Moore organized the local Head Start, beginning in 1966. He was also responsible for the building of many units of housing for low-income families in Cleveland. -- Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive WWW site.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Fannie Lou Hamer and others, seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer and others, seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- J. C. Killingsworth, Fanny Lou Hamer, and others, leaving the table where they had been seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Unita Blackwell speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Unita Blackwell speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Folders (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Letter: to Aubrey Williams, 1959 August 21 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter: to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shomer, Chicago, Illinois, 1962 March 3 (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter: to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York, New York, 1961 February 27 (Letters (correspondence))
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Mississippi field trip report] (Reports)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Mississippi field trip report] (Reports)
- Wisconsin Historical Images (Wisconsin Historical Society)