Editing Cecil B Moore (section)

== Legacy ==

Cecil B. Moore died on February 13, 1979, his health compromised by years of intense activism. His legacy includes the Girard College desegregation that his campaign achieved, the thousands of Black Philadelphians his leadership mobilized, and the model of aggressive civil rights activism that subsequent movements have sometimes invoked. The Cecil B. Moore Avenue, renamed from Columbia Avenue in his honor, preserves his name in North Philadelphia where his activism was centered. Moore represents what Philadelphia's civil rights movement could achieve when led by someone willing to demand rather than request, his combative style producing results that more cautious approaches had failed to accomplish.<ref name="wolfinger"/>