Alexis Moore is an American educator, writer and correspondent. She is mostly known for 1997 book Tell Them We Are Rising, written with Ruth W. Hayre.
Background
Alexis Moore was born on April 24, 1951, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She is a daughter of Cecil B. Moore and Theresa L. Moore, an educator. She is a member of the fourth generation of middle-class African American achievers—physicians, lawyers, teachers, dentists.
Education
Moore received bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University. She also earned her master’s degree in English education from Temple University.
Career
Moore started her career as a teacher of English and journalism at an urban high school in Philadelphia. Early in her career, Moore held different positions - she was a reporter and assistant editor for suburban news, as well as a business reporter specializing in the banking industry, assistant editor for entertainment, copy desk chief and copy editor.
Moore served as a Washington correspondent prior to 1992. That same year she joined Philadelphia Inquirer as a writer and columnist, she was also a member of editorial board there. Additionally, Moore worked as a teacher at such educational institutions as Institute for Journalism, University of California in Berkeley, University of Carolina at Chapel Hill, Memphis State University and Pennsylvania State University. She is a guest on television and radio programs, including Lead Story, on Black Entertainment Television, To the Contrary, Public Broadcasting System, Crier and Co., Cable News Network and Journalist Roundtable, C-SPAN. Moore wrote her first book titled Tell Them We Are Rising in 1997, together with Ruth W. Hayre.
Currently, Moore concentrates on writing.
Views
Quotations:
"I was raised to understand that heritage obligates me to use the best of my talents to improve life for my race, at least by putting out a black perspective on the news. When the opportunity arose to work for one of the finest newspapers in the nation, I ran with it."
"Education always was, and always will be, the key to this nation’s survival as a democracy (and to black liberation). I make that issue my top priority—from pre-kindergarten through higher education. Next comes urban development issues like brownfields, public housing, and politics."