Moore, Amzie, 1911-1982
- Authoritative Name:
- Moore, Amzie, 1911-1982
- Biography:
- Amzie Moore was born and raised in Mississippi. Moore's family owned some land, inherited from his grandfather, but they struggled in the Great Depression and eventually lost the property. Moore's mother died when he was fourteen, and he moved to Greenwood, Mississippi where he put himself through high school. Moore worked for the U.S. Post Office from 1935 to 1968, when he retired. During that time he served in the U. S. Army for three and a half years in Burma during World War II. He also opened a gas and service station with a restaurant and a beauty parlor while he worked for the Post Office. Moore was considered to be a community leader in his home, Cleveland, Mississippi. He was the president of the local NAACP for a time and he encouraged voter registration efforts in the black community. Moore organized the local Head Start, beginning in 1966. He was also responsible for the building of many units of housing for low-income families in Cleveland. -- Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive WWW site.
- Associated Subjects:
- Moore, Amzie, 1911-1982
Moore, Amzie, 1911-1982--Interviews - Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)
- Creator:
- Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Braden--Robert Moses account of Voter Registration drive in Mississippi in 1961, 1963 February (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Sound Holdings, Audio 443A/18-19)
- Creator:
- Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1962
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Community center correspondence, Jackson COFO Office, 1964 July-1965 May (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 1, Segment 9)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
CORE--Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 19)
- Creator:
- Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Carawan--Guy Carawan. The story of Greenwood, Mississippi, 1965 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 332)
- Creator:
- Carawan, Guy
- Date of Original:
- 1962/1963
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Council of Federated Organizations Shaw Office-- Records, 1964-1965 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 3063)
- Creator:
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.). Shaw Office (Miss.)
- Date of Original:
- 1964/1965
- Collection:
- Freedom Summer Digital Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Fannie Lou Hamer and others, seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-04-10
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Fannie Lou Hamer and others, seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-04-10
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-04-10
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-04-10
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-04-10
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-04-10
- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Oral history with Mr. Amzie Moore
- Creator:
- Garvey, Michael
Moore, Amzie, 1911-1982 - Date of Original:
- 1977
- Collection:
- Oral History
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
Amzie Moore
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1957/1965
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Letter: to Aubrey Williams, 1959 August 21
- Date of Original:
- 1959-08-21
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Letter: to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shomer, Chicago, Illinois, 1962 March 3
- Creator:
- Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
- Date of Original:
- 1962-03-03
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Letter: to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York, New York, 1961 February 27
- Creator:
- Smith, Benjamin Eugene
- Date of Original:
- 1961-02-27
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Mississippi field trip report]
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1962-07-23
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Mississippi field trip report]
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Date of Original:
- 1962-07-23
- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Amzie Moore in uniform
- Creator:
- McGhee
- Date of Original:
- 1940/1949
- Collection:
- Wisconsin Historical Images
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Amzie Moore, Julian Bond, and others
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1969
- Collection:
- Wisconsin Historical Images
- Contributing Institution:
- Wisconsin Historical Society