DAYTONA BEACH, FL -- Juanita Evangeline Moore, daughter of human rights activist Harry T. Moore, spoke about her parents’ fight for during an African -American History program in Heyn Memorial Chapel on the Bethune-Cookman College February 11.

Juanita Evangeline Moore discusses her parents' legacy during her visit to Bethune-Cookman College Click here for hi-res photo

"This is a man who devoted his entire life, even our family life hinged around his activities with the NAACP and The Progressive Voter's League,” said Moore. “Daddy started the movement. He had absolutely nobody but us, and yet he accomplished all of those things- the voting, the teacher salaries, all of the linchings that he investigated. That's a very important part of history."

A native of Florida, Harry T. Moore was an avid humanitarian that devoted his life to promoting equality among African-Americans in education, politics and civil rights. It was his passion for the development of African-American people that led to he and his wife’s demise on Christmas night in 1951 when a bomb detonated underneath his bed.

Moore believed the efforts of her parents were overlooked and unrecognized.

“It saddens me to see the legacy of my father overlooked by so many people. It is like a slap in the face to see many of us not registered to vote-the very right that my father and other great civil rights leaders gave their lives for,” said Moore.

Moore encouraged students to continue to research African-American history and learn about people who have helped make it possible for them to live in freedom.

Moore is a 1951 graduate of B-CC and a retired government employee. Bethune-Cookman College is a private, liberal arts, United Methodist Church-affiliated school with a diverse and international student population of more than 2,700 and a solid reputation for academic excellence. As evidence of its outstanding program, the College has been listed in the Templeton Honor Roll of Character Building Colleges and Universities, and it was ranked by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the “Top 50” schools in the nation for black students.