Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr

Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr
ISBN-10
0684854538
ISBN-13
9780684854533
Category
African American civil rights workers
Pages
310
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Ben Green

Description

Part biography and part detective story, this examination of the life and still unsolved assassination of Harry Moore, a man who fought for racial equality in Florida well before the civil rights movement caught on, reveals two possibly bungled FBI investigations. 20,000 first printing.

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