Rockledge High Graduate Dalyn Sims Receives First Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Memorial Scholarship

$3,500 scholarship awarded in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Dalyn Sims was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Harry T. And Harriette V. Moore Memorial Scholarship.

This $3,500 scholarship was awarded in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers; the Florida Education Association; the Brevard Association of School Administrators; Senator Tony Hill, Chair of the Commissioner of Education’s African American History Task Force; and the Brevard Federation of Teachers.

A 2021 Graduate of Rockledge High School, Sims said in his scholarship essay: “Like the Moores, I want to be known as the young man that motivated my people, got involved, took a stand for his generation, and formed as a TEAM for change and equality. We (my generation) have to understand that we are the world’s Moores, Dr. King, Malcolm X, John Lewis, and Barack Obama (just to name a few). I want to lead, educate, motivate and be of encouragement for all races.”

Harry T. Moore was hired in 1925 to teach at Cocoa’s only black elementary school and was promoted to the principal of the Titusville Colored School in 1927. Harriette V. Moore was hired in 1928 as a first-grade teacher at Mims Elementary School. She worked alongside Harry in the movement to improve the lives of and attain equal justice and opportunity for Florida’s Black citizens and Brevard County’s Black educators and students.

In 1946, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore were not offered contracts for the next school year by the Brevard Public School Board due to their activism. On Christmas night in 1951, the educators and activists were victims of a bombing of their home in Mims. On February 23, 2021, the School Board of Brevard County recognized the unjust firing of the Moores, and this scholarship was established to honor their legacy.

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