Biography of cecil b moore pizza hut

(1915-1979)

Who Was Cecil B. Moore?

Cecil B. Moore was a defense attorney and civil rights activist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Biography of cecil b moore pizza hut

Through pickets and other protests, he helped to integrate construction sites, post office jobs and schools. He headed the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP from 1963 to '67, though his tenure was marked by conflict with those who disagreed with his bold approach.

The outspoken Moore was often at odds with anyone he believed to be too moderate and accepting of incremental progress, making him a controversial figure in civil rights.

Early Life

Cecil Bassett Moore was born in Dryfork Hollow, West Virginia, on April 2, 1915, to a doctor father and teacher mother.

Growing up in West Virginia, Moore's family was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan at one point because they thought his father, a light-skinned Black man, was actually a white man living with a Black woman.

Moore graduated from Bluefield State College, a historically Black colle