Jerry A. Moore Jr.

Jerry Alexander Moore Jr. (June 12, 1918 – December 19, 2017)[1][2] was an African-American Baptist minister and politician in Washington, D.C.

Rev. Jerry A. Moore Jr.
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia At-large
In office January 2, 1975 – January 2, 1985
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Carol Schwartz
Personal details
Born	Jerry Alexander Moore Jr. June 12, 1918 Minden, Webster Parish Louisiana, USA
Died	December 19, 2017 (aged 99) Washington, D.C., USA
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Webster Parish Training School Morehouse College B.A., Howard University B.D., M.A.
Profession	Minister

Early years and education

Moore was born in Minden, Louisiana, to Mae Dee Moore and Jerry Alexander Moore Sr.[1] Moore earned his high school diploma in 1936 from the Webster Parish Training School, later Webster High School, which was disbanded in the 1970s because of school desegregation.[1] He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1943 from Howard University in Washington, D.C.[1] In 1957, Howard awarded Moore a Master of Arts degree.[1]

Career

Moore served as pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church from 1946 to 1996.[1] In 1974, Moore was elected as a Republican to be an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia in the first election after home rule was established; he held that position for ten years. In 1984, he lost the Republican primary to Carol Schwartz and then ran an unsuccessful write-in campaign against her in the general election, ending his political career.[3] In 1989, President Bush nominated Moore to be the United States ambassador to Lesotho.[4]

The former historically black Jerry A. Moore Elementary School at 618 Weston Street next to the Town and Country Nursing Center in Minden was named in his honor. It is now the site of the Webster Parish Head Start center.

Personal

Moore was married to Dr. Ettyce Herndon Hill Moore from 1946 until her death in 2014.[5] Educated at both Howard and American Universities, his wife served as a teacher, principal and executive administrator within the District of Columbia Public Schools system. She was also a professor at both Trinity College and Howard University. They had two sons.

References

1. "Rev. Jerry Moore Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
2. "Chairman Mendelson Statement on Passing of Jerry Moore Jr" (PDF). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
3. Greene, Marcia Slacum (1 Nov 1984). "Moore Campaign: Write On: D.C. Clergy Fuels GOP Incumbent's Drive Clergy Fuels Jerry Moore's Write-In Campaign". The Washington Post.
4. https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-to-help-honor-rev-jerry-moore-jr-with-streets-named-for-him
5. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=171392574