Amzie Moore

Birth : 1911-09-23, Mississippi, USA

Death : 1982-02-01

History

Amzie Moore was an African-American civil rights leader and entrepreneur in the Mississippi Delta.

Movies

Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.