Queen Mother Moore

Queen Mother Moore
Born	Audley Moore (1898-07-27)July 27, 1898 New Iberia, Louisiana
Died	May 2, 1997
Known for	Reparations movement American Civil Rights Movement

Queen Mother Moore (born Audley Moore; July 27, 1898 – May 2, 1997) was an African-American civil rights leader and Black nationalist (someone who fights for Black people to be thought of as an individual race) as well as being an activist for 70 years.^[1]

Life

She spent her life fighting for Black freedom and her rights. Her childhood was filled with racism and shaped her ideas for the future.^[2] In the 1920s, she was involved in Marcus Garvey’s UNIA, which fought for the creation of organizations by and for the Black community.^[3] In 1933, she turned to the Communist party because they were the only ones focused on her rights. With them, she deepened her studies of race, class, gender, and reparations (giving back to victims of slavery and their descendants).^[1] She publicly spoke against Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia and in favor of the Scottsboro Boys.^[2] She left the party in 1950 and became a republican, then a democrat. For most of the 1950s and 1960s, Moore was the most known leader for African-American reparations. She was a “shero” (heroine) in Harlem and a role model. She went on to create the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women and the in the 1960s, which was a diverse community organization fighting for reparations, and strengthened other organizations along the way.^[1] The efforts of UAEW members caused the state of Louisiana to rethink the idea of reparations. In 1963, in honor of the 100-year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the group helped Black Americans file formal reparations claims (asking for something to make up for an unfair act) to the US government.^[1] On a trip to Africa in 1972, the Ashanti people in Ghana gave her the honorary title of “Queen Mother”.^[4]

References

1. Farmer, Ashley (2019-02-28). "Audley Moore and the Modern Reparations Movement". AAIHS. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
2. Ras, A., & Sellassle-Turner, E. (1997, May 09). Queen mother moore,activist, dies at 98: She dedicated her life to liberation of black family. Philadelphia Tribune (1912-). ProQuest. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
3. M’Balia, Shafeah (2019-03-01). "Remembering Queen Mother Moore". AAIHS. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
4. Thousands pay final respects to audrey 'queen mother' moore. (1997, May 21). Washington Informer Retrieved from ProQuest. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

Other websites

• "'Queen Mother’ Moore; black nationalist leader".