ABSTRACT
In his book Radical Equations, Bob Moses recalls an epiphany he had in 1960 when he got to know Amzie Moore, president of the Cleveland, Mississippi branch of the NAACP. A 26-year-old teacher from the Horace Mann school in the Bronx, Moses had traveled to the Deep South to join the Civil Rights movement. He quickly fastened onto Moore, a ubiquitous force in the black community who reminded Moses of his own father. This natural-born politician in the destitute Mississippi Delta became a mentor to the young Civil Rights organizer from the North.
