- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Howard Moore Jr. (b. 1932)
- Date of Original:
- 2019-03-14
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--History--20th century--Biography
African American lawyers--Georgia--History--20th century--Biography - People:
- Moore, Howard, 1932-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Civil rights attorney and Atlanta native Howard Moore Jr. He handled a number of important cases in 1960s Atlanta that set precedent regarding freedom of speech as well as other significant rights issues. A protégé of Donald Hollowell, Moore attended law school in Boston, Massachusetts, but felt an obligation to use his legal training to assist activists in the South. He relocated to California in 1971 to serve as lead counsel on the high-profile Angela Davis trial and spent the remainder of his career in the Bay Area.
GSE identifier: SS8H11 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/howard-moore-jr-b-1932/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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