William Lewis Moore is murdered in Alabama - April 23rd, 1963

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William Lewis Moore is murdered in Alabama - April 23rd, 1963

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On this day in 1963, white civil rights activist William Moore was shot to death at a highway rest stop in Alabama.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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William Lewis Moore is murdered in Alabama - April 23rd, 1963

William Lewis Moore is murdered in Alabama - April 23rd, 1963

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