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Louisiana native Frank Moore (1888-1932) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/littlerock.asp.  He began as a sharecropper but became one of the "Elaine 12," a benchmark case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Moore registered for the draft in 1917 and was called to active duty with the 162d Arkansas Depot Brigade. Private Moore was honorably discharged in December 1918. After World War I, he joined the Progressive Farmers and Household Union to advocate for equitable treatment for sharecroppers and crop compensation. In 1919, racial violence erupted at a union meeting in Elaine, Arkansas, where about 200 black citizens were killed in the aftermath. Twelve men were condemned to death for their association with the riot; the case went to the Supreme Court, whose ruling addressed due process and strengthened the Bill of Rights. Moore and his co-defendants were freed. Moore moved to Chicago where he died. 
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/frank-moore-14248/
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