Legacy and Honors
Langston Hughes read lines written in Moore's honor:
- Florida means land of flowers
- It was on a Christmas night
- In the state named for the flowers
- Men came bearing dynamite...
- It could not be in Jesus’ name
- Beneath the bedroom floor
- On Christmas night the killers
- Hid the bomb for Harry Moore.
- In 1952, Moore was posthumously awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, for outstanding achievement by an African American. Although the story of the Moores' lives receded into obscurity for years, the late 20th century re-opening of the case provided new appreciation for their work.
- In 1999, Florida approved designation of the homesite of the Moores as a Florida Historical Heritage Landmark. Brevard County started restoring the site.
- By 2004 the county had created the Harry T. and Harriette Moore Memorial Park and Interpretive Center at the homesite in Mims.
- Brevard County named its Justice Center after the Moores and included material there about their lives and work.
- Harry T Moore Ave in Mims, FL is named after him.
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