Audley Moore: FOIA File (United States Federal Bureau of Investigation)
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Audley (Queen Mother) Moore was an African American black nationalist and communist. In the 1920s she was active in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association in New York City. In 1936 she joined the Communist Party, becoming secretary of its Harlem section in 1941, and in 1942, secretary of the New York State Party organization. She left the Party in 1950, and subsequently founded the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women, In 1959 tutored the young Malcolm X, in 1963 she established a Reparations Committee to advocate compensatory payment to descendants of slaves, and in 1968 participated in the declaration of the Republic of New Africa and initiated its statement of independence. The collection contains FBI files, and documents Audley Moore's political activity and views from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Historical/Biographical Note
Audley (Queen Mother) Moore, an African American black nationalist and communist, was borh in 1898 in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1891. In 1919 she joined Marcus Garvey's black nationalist movement, and in the 1920s, moved to New York City to work in Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. In 1936 she joined the Communist Party, was active in its Harlem section, becoming its secretary in 1941, and in 1942, secretary of the New York State Party organization. In the late 1940s she began to assert the African American national question within the Party, and left the Party in 1950. In the 1950s she founded the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women, in 1959 tutored the young Malcolm X, in 1963 she established a Reparations Committee to advocate compensatory payment to descendants of slaves, and in 1968 participated in the declaration of the Republic of New Africa and initiated its statement of independence.
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Organized into one series: FOIA FBI Files, which are arranged by file number.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains FBI files, and documents Audley Moore's political activity and views from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Earl Pinto in 2007. The accession number associated with this gift is 2007.013.
