Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Dale V.C. Holness
Department: County Commission
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-143 designating a portion of NW 7th Street in the Broward Municipal Services District in honor of Harry T. and Harriette Moore. (Commissioner Holness) (Deferred from April 6, 2021 - Item No. 95)
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Why Action is Necessary
Board action is necessary to adopt a Resolution renaming a County-owned road.
What Action Accomplishes
Adopts the proposed Resolution renaming a County-owned road after Harry T. and Harriette Moore.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
Summary Explanation/Background
This item proposes adopting a Resolution renaming the portion of NW 7th Street between
NW 27th Avenue and NW 31st Avenue located in the Broward Municipal Services District ("County Road") as "Harry-Harriette Moore Street" in honor of Harry T. and Harriette Moore, a couple that was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement, particularly in Florida.
Harry T. Moore ("Mr. Moore") was born in Houston, Florida, located in Suwanee County. When he was nineteen years old, Mr. Moore graduated from the high school program of Florida Memorial College where he excelled academically. After graduation, Mr. Moore became a teacher and met his wife Harriette ("Mrs. Moore"). In 1934, Mr. Moore started the Brevard County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("NAACP"). Mr. Moore's work in the early days of the Brevard County NAACP focused on fighting for equal pay for black teachers and protesting segregated schools and the disenfranchisement of black voters. Mr. Moore also began to protest lynchings and police brutality. Mr. Moore is credited with investigating every single lynching in Florida from 1934 until his death in 1951.
After Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was an attorney at the time, succeeded in defending the right of black voters to cast t...
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