Amanda Moore raised over 160 children, including one of the most important members of the Motown legacy. Why have you never heard of her?

Photos of Amanda Moore, 1971-10-28 RO i005, Romeo Community Archives, Romeo District Library, Romeo, MI.
Photos of Amanda Moore, 1971-10-28 RO i005 Photo credit Romeo Community Archives, Romeo District Library, Romeo, MI.

(WWJ) You'd think raising well over 100 children would put Amanda Moore on the map. And in a way, it did.

On a new episode of The Daily J, WWJ's Zach Clark learns that one of Miss Moore's foster daughters went on to record Motown's first #1 single.

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Featured Image Photo Credit: Archived newspaper provided by Romeo Community Archives, Romeo District Library, Romeo, MI. Photo of newspaper taken by Zach Clark/WWJ