Posted April 28, 2021
Perseverance and grit: the life and legacy of Cecil B. Moore
One of Philadelphia’s leading civil rights activists, as well as a gifted attorney and a former Marine, Cecil B. Moore fought for African Americans to have the same rights as their white neighbors and is the namesake of the university’s Cecil B. Moore Scholars Program.
![Cecil B. Moore and his wife and daughters.](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/article_hero/public/easter_ca_1954_or_1955_1.jpg?itok=GV0QdFjZ&c=ec6269c1bcf6b12f62f132dfe6f228d5)
Photography By:
Courtesy of Cecily Banks
Cecil B. Moore and his wife and daughters in the mid-1950s.
--Edirin Oputu and Nick Eiser