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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: The Assassination of Harry and Harriette Moore (1951)
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It’s December 26th. This day in 1951 — actually on Christmas Day — Florida activists Harry and Harriette Moore are killed by a bomb planted under their home.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie look at the life and activism of the Moore’s, why they became targets for assassination and Florida’s place in the early civil rights movement.
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