![]() ![]() He also filmed anti-war and civil rights movements and demonstrations of the late 1960s and 1970s, as well as the Nicaraguan earthquake of 1988. Simpson murder trial, and the murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk. ![]() He was eventually promoted to chief photographer at KTVU.Īs a cameraman, Moore covered such events as the Loma Prieta earthquake, the Oakland Hills Fire, the O.J. In 1969, while working for KTVU, Moore was hired by the Associated Press as a freelance photographer. He was hired alongside Dennis Richmond, one of the first African Americans to become chief anchor of a major-market TV newscast, as a result of a federal court mandate. Then, in 1968, Moore was hired as a television news cameraman for KTVU in Oakland, California, making him the first full-time African American news cameraman in commercial television in the State of California. Upon graduation, Moore worked as a freelance photographer for various black-owned newspapers, magazines and radio stations. degree in photography from Laney College in Oakland, California. He graduated from Oakland Technical High School, and went on to receive his B.S. ![]() ![]() Photojournalist William Moore was born on May 23, 1933. ![]()
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