William (Bill) Gary is a founding member of the North Brevard NAACP Branch and has served over twenty-five years as president. During his tenure as president, the branch has received two Thalheimer Awards at the national conventions of 1986 and 2003 for the branch’s programmatic activities.
He is currently president, of Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Inc. Board of Directors, where he has served for the past fifteen years during which time he has secured over $1.5 million in legislative funding to construct the Moore Home Replica, Twin Reflecting Pools, Ceremonial Gazebo, Civil Rights Trail with historical posters, Community Pavilion and Cultural Center Water Fountain; a former member of the Board of Directors of Greater Titusville Renaissance, a member of the Harry T. Moore Social Service Center Coalition, a member of the city of Titusville’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and a member of the Titusville Playhouse Theater.
Gary has received numerous awards including the prestigious Space Coast Hall of Fame Public Service Lifetime Achievement Award and Induction into the Hall of Fame in September 2016 and the 2019 Florida Historical Society’s Dorothy Dodd Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to history and advocacy of the Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Legacy. He is currently working with an independent film producer to produce a new documentary of the life of Harry & Harriette Moore and collaborating with a New York playwright/director on creating an expanded version of the Harry T. Moore stage play “Fearless”.
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