Moore portrait unveiling set

The Miriam Moore Portrait Unveiling Ceremony and Reception will take place Saturday, June 29, 2019, in the Community Room of the East Athens Development Corporation, located at 410 McKinley Drive.

Free and open to the public, the program will start at 2 p.m. Special guests will include Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz and DeKalb County CEO Michael L. Thurmond, author of the newly released book — A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History (they will be available for purchase during the reception).

In 1988, Mrs. Moore became Athens first African-American female to hold elective office when she was elected to the Athens City Council. In 1990, she also became the first African-American female commissioner of the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government. The Miriam Moore Community Service Center was named in her honor on October 3, 1999. A strong advocate of low income and working families, she tirelessly fought for quality, affordable housing, zoning fairness and against poverty and community violence. She passed away on December 1, 2006.