NAACP Seeks to Reopen Fla. Bombing Probe

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NAACP Seeks to Reopen Fla. Bombing Probe

Monday December 20, 2004 4:46 AM


MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - The NAACP plans to ask Florida officials to reopen an investigation into the deaths of two civil rights activists who were killed by an explosion beneath their home on Christmas Day 1951.

Harry and Harriette Moore registered black voters, opposed school segregation and sought higher salaries for teachers. No one was ever charged in their deaths.

Bill Gary, president of the North Brevard branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he plans to ask state Attorney General Charlie Crist to renew the search for suspects.

Authorities have revived the case periodically over the years with no success. The NAACP hopes technological advances, such as DNA evidence, may aid the investigation but acknowledged that the likelihood of identifying the killers is slim.

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