Maurice Moyer

Maurice J. Moyer (August 8, 1918 – March 6, 2012) was an African-American Christian minister from Delaware who was a civil rights who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1955, he was assigned to start Delaware's first black Presbyterian church.

External video
Rev. Maurice J. Moyer: Civil Rights Activist, 20:16, Hagley Museum and Library[1]

He was a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended Lincoln University, Lincoln Theological Seminary, and Princeton Seminary. He fought against the Delaware Innkeepers Law which allowed proprietors to refuse service to anyone, which was revoked in 1963.[2] He was the former head of the Wilmington branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Upon his death, Governor Jack Markell ordered flags in Wilmington and New Castle County lowered in honor of the longtime civil rights leader.[3] He died in 2012.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rev. Maurice J. Moyer: Civil Rights Activist". Hagley Museum and Library. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ "DELAWARE: The Rev. Maurice Moyer, 'giant' of civil rights movement, dies at 93". Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  3. ↑ "Del. flags lowered in honor of Maurice Moyer". Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  4. ↑ "Congo Funeral Home: Rev. Dr. Maurice J. Moyer". Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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