Civil Rights Memorial

He made calls, sent a lot of emails, and eventually got in touch with Etowah County commissioners who agreed to fund the marker.

Moore's name had been on the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama since it opened in 1989, placed there among the names of others who died in the struggle.

But most people driving past that marker on Highway 11 had never heard of William Lewis Moore.

His story was buried under the weight of a year that had too much tragedy in it.