Civil-rights history and an ice-cream cone go together on The Trail
Civil-rights history seldom tastes as good as a twirly frozen treat at Goff’s ice cream stand on the Orange Blossom Trail at Church Street. Many people don’t realize that Goff’s is a landmark in Orlando’s civil-rights struggle. Goff's on The Trail Back in 1950, Goff’s was known as the Creamette. The owner was a white transplant from up north who ignored the racist southern custom that required segregated service. Instead, the owner boldly served black and white customers at the same walk-up window. Harry Moore On Nov. 1, 1951 a bomb exploded at the business. The blast caused serious damage to the concrete-block building, which was later repaired. Fortunately, the explosion occurred late at night and no one was injured. Black civil-rights activists Harry and Harriette Moore weren’t so lucky. On Christmas day 1951 -- a little more than a month after the ice-cream shop attack -- a bomb exploded under the Moore home in the rural Brevard County comm...