Muhiyidin Moye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Muhiyidin Moye

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1985

Place of Birth: Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Date of Death: 06-Feb-2018

Profession: activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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Muhiyidin El Amin Moye (April 22, 1985 – February 6, 2018) also known as Muhiyidin D'baha, was a leading Black Lives Matter activist known nationally for crossing a yellow police tape line to snatch a Confederate battle flag from a demonstrator on live television in Charleston, South Carolina in February 2017. Moye, an African-American, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and as a teen the family moved to Hollywood, South Carolina.
He attended University of South Carolina and in 2006 suffered severe burns from an arson attack at a house he was staying at.
He went on to attend Winthrop University, finishing in 2011.
That fall he appeared at Occupy Eugene.
Back in Charleston he found and joined the Bahá'í Faith around 2014 and soon was visible in the news following the shooting of Walter Scott and being known as a Black Lives Matter activist in 2015.
After some more work in 2016 Moye became involved in a February 2017 Bree Newsome speaking engagement that drew protestors and counter protestors during which he made a leap crossing police lines to take down an oversized Confederate battle flag that happened to occur during a news broadcast and so was caught on live television.
A year later Moye went to New Orleans and while riding a bicycle through the midnight streets February 6, 2018, he was shot, traveled on some blocks, left his bike and called for help to which police responded and took him to the hospital.
However he had lost too much blood and died in the morning.