Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia.

My name is Jody Avergan.

This day, December 26, 1951.

Now this incident actually took place on December 25th, Christmas Day, in Mims, Florida, which is on the eastern

coast of Florida near actually Cape Canaveral if you know

sort of east of Orlando a bomb goes off under the bedroom floor at the home of

Harry and Harriet Moore two local civil rights activists.

The explosion killed both of them and this marks the first assassination of any activists to

occur during the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s.

Not to mention the first assassination, I think only assassination. of the

50s and 60s, not to mention the first assassination, I think only assassination of a husband and wife activist pair,

and I should also add that this took place on their 25th wedding anniversary on that day.

So a tragic story and a largely forgotten 5th wedding anniversary on that day.

So a tragic story and a largely forgotten story,

though in recent years the story of the Moors

has been resurrected and tied into other stories

of the early civil rights movement in interesting ways. So let's try and

resurrect that story, tell that story now. Let's talk about the Moors, their activism,

what we know and don't know about that night and their violent death. Here as always Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt and

Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley. Hello there. Hello Jody. Hey there.

A couple things about the story before we get into the meat of it, but just to jump out at me and I'm curious.

But one is obviously Christmas Day, which is also their wedding anniversary.

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