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The Robert Russa Moton Museum (popularly known as the Moton Museum or Moton) is a historic site and museum in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia.It is located in the former Robert Russa Moton High School, considered "the student birthplace of America's Civil Rights Movement" for its initial student strike and ultimate role in the 1954 Brown v.
The former R. R. Moton High School, located in Farmville in Prince Edward County, was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1998. It now houses the Robert Russa Moton Museum, a center for the study of civil rights in education.
The former R.R. Moton High School building in Farmville has been recognized as a nationally significant community landmark. In 1998, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. It now houses the Robert Russa Moton Museum, a center for the study of civil rights in education.
In 1993, the building that formerly housed Moton High School was closed, but the school was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998. The Moton School has now been turned into a museum commemorating the fight for civil rights in public education and features a permanent exhibit called “The Moton School Story: Children of Courage.”
R.R. Moton High School, an all-black school in Farmville named for Robert Russa Moton, suffered from terrible conditions due to underfunding by white officials in the segregated state. The school did not have a gymnasium, cafeteria, or teachers' restrooms. Teachers and students did not have desks or blackboards, and due to overcrowding, some ...
Dec. 19—Instead of ending the fall semester with final exams, STEM Academy students dove into projects — Museum Day for the middle school and the Gatsby Speakeasy and Gala for the high school.
Moton Field, part of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site; Moton Field Municipal Airport, Airport located north of Tuskegee, Alabama; Robert Russa Moton Museum (Moton High School), National Historic Landmark in Prince Edward County, Virginia
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