Dan Moore, founder of Atlanta's oldest Black history museum APEX, dies at 88

Dan Moore Sr. founded the Apex Museum in 1978. APEX offers an authentic look into the history, resilience and continuous innovations derived from the African American experience. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Dan Moore Sr., the Atlanta activist, author and founder of APEX, the oldest Black history museum in the city, has died.

APEX announced on Tuesday that their founder died at 88.

Born on Nov. 20, 1935, in Philadelphia, Moore moved to Atlanta in the early 1970s, quickly becoming a pivotal member in Atlanta’s cultural scene and preservation of Black history, according to the nonprofit History Makers.