Moore was expelled from the legislature in 1868 along with other African Americans (Original 33) and reinstated in the Georgia General Assembly in 1870 by an Act of Congress.
The future Reverend Moore was a wild young man until 1860, when he met and married a Miss Mary Elenor Horton, a Christian woman.
Moore's legacy as one of the first African-American men elected during the Reconstruction Era and as a member of the Georgia Constitutional Committee makes him among the founding fathers of the Civil rights movement (1865–1896).
He is listed with several Georgia legislators in the United States Congressional Record of February 3, 1874 as having petitioned the U.S. Congress to ratify the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Moore's Constitutional Committee went on to request that the United States Supreme Court uphold the 15th amendment,[4] and the Rev.
], the Reverend E.G. Dwelle of Augusta listed Romulus Moore as a pioneer of the civil rights movement.
In 1976, Romulus Moore was honored by the Black Caucus of the Georgia General Assembly with a statue that depicts the rise of African-American politicians, Expelled Because of Their Color.
The construction of this monument was funded by the Black Caucus of the Georgia General Assembly, a group of African-American State representatives and senators who are committed to the principles and ideals of the Civil Rights Movement organized in 1975.
[6] John Riddle, the Sculptor of this monument, was also a painter and printmaker known for artwork that acknowledged the struggles of African-Americans through history.