Welcome Nerdlings!  It's time for another episode of Crime Time Nerds.  This week we are going to take a look at a historical figure that many folks may never have heard of.  His name was William Lewis Moore and he was murdered on April 23rd, 1963 when he was conducting a peaceful protest within Alabama State Lines to protest racial segregation.  This is a case that deals with a dark part of American history and at its heart this is a case about racism and one young man who wanted to make the world a better place.

Citations:

April 23, 1963: White Civil Rights Activist Murdered on Racial Justice Walk in Alabama. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/postal-worker-shot-killed-on-march

George, J. (2019, May 31). Slaying of Baltimore civil rights protester still unsolved. Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-xpm-2013-06-01-bs-md-civil-rights-cold-case-20130601-story.html

Johnson, M. (2013, August 14). A Postman's 1963 Walk For Justice, Cut Short On An Alabama Road. Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.npr.org/2013/08/14/211711898/a-postmans-1963-walk-for-justice-cut-short-on-an-alabama-road

The Murder of William Moore. (2019, November 11). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-murder-of-william-moore/

Palmer, M. (2018, January 10). The "Mailman Murder" – the Death of William Moore (Gadsden, AL). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/1963/the-mailman-murder-the-death-of-william-moore-gadsden-al

William Lewis Moore. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.splcenter.org/william-lewis-moore

Writer, D. (2019, April 15). Historical marker for murdered civil rights activist dedicated in Keener. Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.gadsdentimes.com/news/20190414/historical-marker-for-murdered-civil-rights-activist-dedicated-in-keener

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