RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 11: Harry T. Moore: An Interview with Dr. Jim Clark
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Title
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 11: Harry T. Moore: An Interview with Dr. Jim Clark
Alternative Title
Harry T. Moore Podcast
Subject
Podcasts
Documentaries
Moore, Harry T., 1905-1951
Civil rights--Florida
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Florida
Civil rights activists
Bombings--United States
Description
Episode 11 of RICHES Podcast Documentaries: Harry T. Moore: An Interview with Dr. Jim Clark. RICHES Podcast Documentaries are short form narrative documentaries that explore Central Florida history and are locally produced. These podcasts can involve the participation or cooperation of local area partners.
Episode 11 focuses on Dr. Jim Clark's contribution to revitalizing the Moores legacy during the 1980s and early 1990s. During his time at The Orlando Sentinel, Dr. Clark began publishing articles on the Moores and their untimely deaths. Those publications resulted in a resurgence of interest in the Moores and local initiatives to preserve their legacy. Harry Tyson Moore was a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida and founder of the first Brevard County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He and his wife, Harriette Vyda Simms Moore, were assassinated with a Ku Klux Klan bomb on December 25, 1951. The Moores are the first NAACP members to be murdered for their activism and Harry T. Moore is sometimes called the first martyr of the 1950s-era civil rights movement.
Episode 11 focuses on Dr. Jim Clark's contribution to revitalizing the Moores legacy during the 1980s and early 1990s. During his time at The Orlando Sentinel, Dr. Clark began publishing articles on the Moores and their untimely deaths. Those publications resulted in a resurgence of interest in the Moores and local initiatives to preserve their legacy. Harry Tyson Moore was a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida and founder of the first Brevard County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He and his wife, Harriette Vyda Simms Moore, were assassinated with a Ku Klux Klan bomb on December 25, 1951. The Moores are the first NAACP members to be murdered for their activism and Harry T. Moore is sometimes called the first martyr of the 1950s-era civil rights movement.
Abstract
This podcast focuses on Dr. Jim Clark’s contribution to revitalizing the Moore’s legacy during the 1980s and early 1990s. During his time at the <em>Orlando Sentinel</em>, Dr. Clark began publishing articles on the Moores and their untimely deaths. Those publications resulted in a resurgence of interest in the Moores and local initiatives to preserve their legacy. This episode highlights Dr. Clark’s discovery of the Moores’ story and the popularization of a forgotten civil rights pioneer.
Source
Original 13-minute podcast, July 27, 2011: "RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 11: Harry T. Moore: An Interview with Dr. Jim Clark." RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida.
Publisher
Date Created
ca. 2011-07-27
Date Copyrighted
2011-07-27
Date Issued
2011-07-27
Contributor
Clark, Jim
Is Part Of
RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Orlando, Florida.
RICHES Podcast Documentaries Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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Multimedia software, such as QuickTime.
Format
audio/mp3
Extent
12 MB
Medium
13-minute podcast
Language
eng
Type
Sound/Podcast
Coverage
Mims, Florida
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by RICHES of Central Florida.
Rights Holder
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
"RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 11: Harry T. Moore: An Interview with Dr. Jim Clark." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2463.
"RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 35: Harry T. Moore, Part 1." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2488.
"RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 36: Harry T. Moore, Part 2." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2489.
Clark, James C. 1994. "Civil Rights Leader Harry T. Moore and the Ku Klux Klan in Florida." The Florida Historical Quarterly. 73, no. 2: 166-183.
Green, Ben. Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr. New York, NY: Free Press, 1999.
"Harry T. Moore Homesite." Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park. http://www.nbbd.com/godo/moore/.
"The Legacy of Harry T. Moore." PBS. http://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/harry/mbio.html.
Newton, Michael. The Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001.
"Who Were Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore?" Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Inc. http://www.harryharriettemoore.org/.
Winsboro, Irvin D. S. Old South, New South, or Down South? Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement. Morgantown, W. Va: West Virginia University Press, 2009. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10561071.
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Original Format
1 audio podcast
Duration
13 minutes
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Collection
Citation
“RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 11: Harry T. Moore: An Interview with Dr. Jim Clark,” RICHES, accessed April 27, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/2463.