11 Facts About Harriette Moore

Harriette Vyda Simms Moore was an American educator and civil rights worker.

Harriette Moore was the wife of Harry T Moore, who founded the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Brevard County, Florida.

Harriette Moore Vyda Simms was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, on June 19,1902, to David Ira Simms and Annie Simms.

Harriette Moore's sisters were Valerie and Mae, and her brothers were George, Arnold, Rupert, and David Jr.

Harriette Moore attended the segregated Daytona Normal Industrial Institute in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Harriette Moore later graduated from Bethune-Cookman College, a historically black college in Daytona Beach, with an Associate of Arts degree in 1941 and a Bachelor of Science degree in 1950.

Harriette Moore was then working as principal of the Titusville Colored School.

Harry Harriette Moore later helped to organize the statewide NAACP organization.

Harriette Moore died from her injuries nine days later at the hospital in Sanford.

Harriette Moore was a 1951 graduate of Bethune-Cookman College and a retired government employee.

Harriette Moore died on October 26,2015, in New Carrollton, Maryland.