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In February 1897, Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore was either invited or applied to become the superintendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane in Goldsboro, N.C. The hospital was a state-funded Black hospital established in 1880. Around the same time,
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At the end of 1919, Moore replaced John Merrick as the president of North Carolina Mutual. It was a pivotal time for the agency, and Moore had to navigate maintaining the business during the economic recession after WWI. Moore was also diagnosed with
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Travel for African Americans during the Jim Crow era was tricky and dangerous. Yet Moore loved to travel and took his family on trips when he could. The chapter details some of the trips the family took, including a 1915 trip to San Francisco to see
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When World War I broke out in 1914, Dr. Moore got involved in the war effort. The Department of Labor picked North Carolina to be the first state for implementation of a program to promote the success of Black wage earners. The U.S. Employment Servic
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Education was of the upmost importance to Dr. Moore and at the heart of his successes. Thus around 1914, Moore began to use his influence to address educational inequality at the government level. The chapter details Moore’s efforts to address educ
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The chapter opens with a discussion on the status of insurance at the turn of the century—a luxury that was not widely available to African Americans. After experiencing a fire of his own, Moore and John Merrick, along with 5 other investors (W.G.
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On June 20, 1919, a large group gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association. The chapter quotes speeches given that day.
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In February 1898, Israel Moore died and left his son a parcel of land in Columbus County. The chapter details how Moore reacted to the loss of his father as well as the changing political and racial landscape of North Carolina and Durham in 1898.
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The Moores moved to 606 Fayetteville Street. His closest neighbor was now John Merrick. The chapter details the Moore home, the Hayti neighborhood, and important businesses and Black businessmen who were involved in Hayti. The neighborhood became an
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In 1913, a library was born in the basement of White Rock Baptist Church. As a lifelong book lover, Moore supported it himself and solicited donations for its expansion. Eventually, it transformed into the Durham County Library’s Stanford L. Warren
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