Editing Mims, Florida (section)

=== Murders of Harry and Harriette Moore ===
African-American civil rights leader [[Harry T. Moore]] and his family resided in Mims from at least the 1920s.  Known as a national [[civil rights]] leader, teacher and [[Organizational founder|founder]] of the Brevard County [[NAACP]], he and his wife [[Harriette Moore|Harriette]] were targeted for assassination Christmas Eve, 1951; they received fatal injuries when a bomb exploded from under their home. Moore died in the blast; his wife survived until January 3, 1952 [https://nbbd.com/godo/moore/investigation/0608MooreExecSum.pdf]. Both of their daughters survived the attack. The murders were racially motivated and believed to have been committed by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].

The FBI investigated the case in 1951–1952, and the county and state in the 1970s and 1990s. The state reinvestigated in 2005, after suspected perpetrators had died. No prosecutions or charges were ever brought against the purpetrator(s).<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore|url=https://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/terror/who.html|publisher=PBS|accessdate=27 March 2014|page=Florida Terror: Who Killed Harry T. Moore}}</ref><ref name="myfloridalegal.com">[http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsreleases/C4F9E89A26C88DEB852571CC00694A6E "Crist Announces Results of Harry T. Moore Murder Investigation", 16 Aug 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106234735/http://myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/newsreleases/C4F9E89A26C88DEB852571CC00694A6E |date=2007-01-06 }}, accessed 6 May 2008</ref>  [[Harry T. Moore#Legacy and honors|Multiple sites]] in Mims and Brevard County are dedicated to the Moores including the [[Moore Memorial Park and Cultural Center]] in Mims.