Reminiscences of Audley Moore (Queen Mother Moore) : oral history, 1978.

Biographical Note

Civil rights worker.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in New Iberia and New Orleans, Louisiana; work with Black soldiers, World War I; move to Harlem, 1922; member of the Communist Party, 1933-1950: racism within the party, reapportioning of voting districts, picketing of white-owned businesses in Harlem, reasons for leaving party; work to Africanize Black people in the United States; help to Black prisoners; trips to Africa; impressions of Marcus Garvey movement; need for education of Black people and research into Black heritage; advice to Black women; recollections of being arrested; experiences in Europe; impressions of many notable Black leaders Childhood in New Iberia and New Orleans, Louisiana; work with Black soldiers, World War I; move to Harlem, 1922; member of the Communist Party, 1933-1950: racism within the party, reapportioning of voting districts, picketing of white-owned businesses in Harlem, reasons for leaving party; work to Africanize Black people in the United States; help to Black prisoners; trips to Africa; impressions of Marcus Garvey movement; need for education of Black people and research into Black heritage; advice to Black women; recollections of being arrested; experiences in Europe; impressions of many notable Black leaders.

Subjects

• 1898-1951
• Africa
• Africa--Description and travel.
• African Americans--Civil rights.
• African AmericansCivil rights
• African American women executives
• African American women executives--Interviews.
• Afrique--Descriptions et voyages.
• Back to Africa movement
• Back to Africa movement.
• Civil rights workers
• Civil rights workers--Interviews.
• Communism
• Communism--United States.
• Communisme--États-Unis.
• Communist Party of the United States of America
• Communist Party of the United States of America.
• Défenseurs des droits de l'homme--Entretiens.
• États-Unis--Relations raciales.
• Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
• Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.
• Histoires orales.
• Interviews
• Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Moore, Audley, 1898-1997
• Moore, Audley, 1898-1997.
• New York (N.Y.)--Administration--1898-1951.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• New York (State)New York
• Noirs américains--Droits.
• Oral histories
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Oral histories.
• Politics and government
• Race relations
• Retour en Afrique (Mouvement)
• Townsend Gilkes, Cheryl, interviewer.
• Travel
• United States
• United States--Race relations.
• interviews.
• oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by narrator and Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College.