Harold Moss

Who is Harold Moss?

Harold Moss is an American politician, whose political career has taken place in Tacoma, Washington. He was the first African American member of that city's city council, its first African American mayor, and the first African American member of the Pierce County Council. Moss's wife, Bil Moss, has also served on the Tacoma City Council.

Originally from Texas by way of Michigan, Ross arrived in Tacoma during the Korean War as a member of the National Guard. He first became politically active in the 1950s as a member of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He served two terms as branch president, served on Tacoma's first Human Relations Commission, and in 1968, Moss helped create the Tacoma Urban League and played a key role in securing public funding for its Urban Services Center.

Moss was a dental technician, and ran a business, Northwest Porcelain Studios.