 By the 1950s, he owned businesses on Central Avenue and Main Street including the Palm Dinette (Tampa’s first sit-down restaurant for people of color), a rooming house, the Deluxe Cozy Corner, and Club Rayals.Known for its BBQ ribs, fried chicken sandwich and yellow rice, the Deluxe Cozy Corner offered three hotdogs for 25 cents and served the local community and military from MacDill Air Force Base.A civil rights leader, Moses' calming nature led to an important role in the 1967 Tampa race riots.