Joy Cabarrus Speakes - Farmville, VA.
Joy talks about her childhood and being a part of the 1951 student strike led by Barbara Rose Johns at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, VA.
Farmville, Virginia and the Summer of '63: Insight with Reverend J. Samuel Williams Jr.
Farmville, Virginia is home to an essential piece of civil rights history. The summer of 1963 was filled with protests, demonstrations, and change that demanded extensive work from its leaders. Among them was Reverend J. Samuel Williams Jr.
This interview was created by the A.P. United States History class at East Rockingham High School and filmed by Rockingham County Public Schools. It was filmed at the R. R. Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia. None of this would be possible without the hard work of everyone involved. We are forever grateful to Reverend J. Samuel Williams Jr., the R. R. Moton Museum, and RCPS staff.
Moton 2011 - Gallery 2 (Part 2 of 6)
Part two of six of a video produced by StudioAmmons highlighting the history of the Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, Va. StudioAmmons is currently overseeing building renovations and the design of permanent exhibits for the school, which will serve as the national center for Civil Rights in Education in Virginia.
Welcome To Farmville (Full version)
Welcome to Farmville Virginia in Prince Edward County - the Heart of Virginia and the Heart of Your Adventure! Contact us at The Heartland Regional Visitor Center at 434.392.1482 where we are open 7 days a week to serve you - or email mvaneps@co.prince-edward.va.us.
Moton Museum: Now We Know #4
With the unveiling of the new exhibit, students are learning about the Robert Russa Moton Museum, Virginia's sole National Historic Landmark of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.
To learn more, go to motonmuseum.org/about and also visit us at 900 Griffin Blvd, Farmville, Virginia.
Farmville, Virginia and the Summer of 1963: Insight with Reverend J. Samuel Williams Jr. [FULL]
Farmville, Virginia is home to an essential piece of civil rights history. The summer of 1963 was filled with protests, demonstrations, and change that demanded extensive work from its leaders. Among them was Reverend J. Samuel Williams Jr.
This interview was created by the A.P. United States History class at East Rockingham High School and filmed by Rockingham County Public Schools. It was filmed at the R. R. Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia. None of this would be possible without the hard work of everyone involved. We are forever grateful to Reverend J. Samuel Williams Jr., the R. R. Moton Museum, and RCPS staff.
1963 Farmville Protests
A civil rights project I made for government class. It details on the protests that were conducted in response to Prince Edward County's public school system closing down from 1959 to 1964.
I I do not own the music or pictures in this video.
I got most of the pics from the Virginia Commonwealth University's Freedom Now Project Flickr page found here:
Ernest Jackson - Seperate and Unequal Opportunities in Virginia
(Joanna) I interviewed my Uncle Ernest about his experience growing up in Farmville, Virginia during the Civil Rights Movement era. In Particular, we discussed the conditions of the schools in Virginia and the lack of opportunities presented to blacks at the time.
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The Moton School Civil Rights Learning Center, Virginia's National Historic Landmark of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, unveils its new permanent exhibit galleries in April 2013.
Executive Director Lacy Ward Jr., inspired by Brown v. Board lead attorney Thurgood Marshall's quick and urgent message to supporters, asks that you visit motonmuseum.org/donate today and support civics education at Moton. All donations are tax deductible.
To learn more, go to motonmuseum.org/about and also visit us at 900 Griffin Blvd, Farmville, Virginia.
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia
The Best Part of the Civil War ... The End with major stops in and around Farmville Virginia. What you can do and see while the Civil War Traveler in your family is following the trail of Lee's Retreat, is almost unlimited! Aerial obstacle course and the zip lining, canoeing and kayaking rivers and lakes, walking, running or riding High Bridge Trail, shopping in some of the most unique spots in Central Virginia - and don't forget our eateries!!!! Terrific food, great ambiance, and totally unique venues - and nearly all of them include live music, too - local talent that is making headways nationally! Y'all come on down!
Davis v. Prince Edward County, Farmville, Virginia
In this University of Virginia video, John Stokes, a retired Baltimore principal, helped organize a walkout when he was a student at R. R. Moton High School in Virginia in 1951. He talks about secretly planning the protest of the school's deplorable conditions, including NAACP involvement in a lawsuit that became part of the U.S. Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education.
2013 Moton Community Banquet (With Speaker Elaine Jones)
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Over 500 attended the 3rd Annual Moton Community Banquet on Thursday, October 17th at Hampden-Sydney College. Our Community, Our Children, Our Movement was this year's banquet theme, and the Moton Museum was honored to welcome Elaine Jones, the first female President and Director-Counsel of the renowned NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
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To learn more about the Moton Museum, visit motonmuseum.org and also visit us at 900 Griffin Blvd, Farmville, Virginia.
Students, Police Rally At Prince Edward Courthouse
Students from Sharon Baptist Church Youth and Young Adult Ministries and Adult Bible Study, gathered in prayer in front of the Prince Edward Courthouse this evening with local law enforcement from Prince Edward, Cumberland and Farmville. The goal of the impromptu rally was to stand in solidarity with those hurting across the country, with their local police force and also pray for equal protection under the law, say organizers. “That’s what we’re guaranteed under the 14th Amendment. That’s what the students here in 1951 struck for,” said Justin Reid, vice president of the youth ministry and associate director of the Moton Museum. “That’s all we’re asking for: equality.”
Cumberland Sheriff Darrell Hodges and Prince Edward Sheriff Wesley Reed both attended after being called about the event minutes in advance.
The prayer was led by Associate Minister Warren Reid.
Full details are available at farmvilleherald.com.
Gallery VI: Bound for Freedom
Bound for Freedom covers the period 1963 through 1964. The exhibition here focuses on the Prince Edward County Free Schools and the Griffin decision, reopening the Prince Edward County Public Schools.
All images used in the orginal DVD and the DVD booklet are courtesy of the following:
Afro-American Newspapers Archives and Research Center
American Friends Service Committee
Associated Press
The Birmingham News
Bound for Freedom, an Educator's Adventures in Prince Edward County, Virginia by Neil Sullivan. Little, Brown and Company, 1965. Photograph by Ollie Atkins; National Education Association photograph by Purcell
Collection of the Supreme Court of the U.S., Photograph by Franz Jantzen
(©CORBIS/Bettmann) Donated by Corbis-Bettmann
Daily Progress
Ebony Magazine
Edward H. Peeples, Prince Edward County (VA) Public Schools Collection
Family of Vera Allen
Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, U.S. News and World Report Magazine Collection, (203A)
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Visual
Materials from the NAACP Records. The Robert Russa Moton Museum wishes to thank The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for authorizing the use of these images.
Library of Virginia
Michael Sullivan
National Archives Mid Atlantic Region
Professor John A. Stokes
Richmond Times-Dispatch
StudioAmmons, Inc.
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
The Virginian-Pilot
CAN 349 SCHOOLS IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY OPEN AFTER FIVE YEARS
(10 Sep 1964) Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, open after five years due to all whites board of education closed all schools in the county rather than desegregating them. Footage showing black teacher and pupils in a school in Farmville.
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Gallery III: Davis vs. Prince Edward
Davis v. Prince Edward is the legal gallery where the visitor will learn about the legal process that led from the Davis case to its inclusion as one of the five cases incorporated into Brown v. Board of Education, and the only one initiated by students.
All images used in the orginal DVD and the DVD booklet are courtesy of the following:
Afro-American Newspapers Archives and Research Center
American Friends Service Committee
Associated Press
The Birmingham News
Bound for Freedom, an Educator's Adventures in Prince Edward County, Virginia by Neil Sullivan. Little, Brown and Company, 1965. Photograph by Ollie Atkins; National Education Association photograph by Purcell
Collection of the Supreme Court of the U.S., Photograph by Franz Jantzen
(©CORBIS/Bettmann) Donated by Corbis-Bettmann
Daily Progress
Ebony Magazine
Edward H. Peeples, Prince Edward County (VA) Public Schools Collection
Family of Vera Allen
Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, U.S. News and World Report Magazine Collection, (203A)
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Visual
Materials from the NAACP Records. The Robert Russa Moton Museum wishes to thank The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for authorizing the use of these images.
Library of Virginia
Michael Sullivan
National Archives Mid Atlantic Region
Professor John A. Stokes
Richmond Times-Dispatch
StudioAmmons, Inc.
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
The Virginian-Pilot
Donald Trump's Education Plan Has Shameful History
With president-elect Donald Trump's pick of billionaire heiress and Republican donor Betsy de Vos as Education Secretary, Americans who fought for equality in our public school system are concerned that the harm that the de Vos family has caused to public education in Detroit and other urban areas of Michigan will spread throughout the country.
TYT founder Michael Shure ( ) visited the historic site of the student walkout that helped to spark the Civil Rights movement. On April 23, 1951 Barbara Johns led a walk-out by 456 students at the all-black Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, VA in protest of school segregation. Shure and filmmaker Eric Byler ( )spoke to historians and activists who participated in the epic battle to integrate Virginia, and America's public schools.
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The Moton School Walk-out is considered by many historians to signal the start of the desegregation movement in America and resulted in a court case that was later bundled with other, similar cases into Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown by mandating public-school desegregation, and Virginia state leaders responded with an official policy of Massive Resistance. When, on January 19, 1959, both a federal and a state court simultaneously ruled the state's actions unconstitutional, the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors closed its public schools rather than integrate them. They stayed shuttered for five years. Another U.S. Supreme Court decision—Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward—finally forced the county's schools to reopen in 1964. — Ronald L. Heinemann, Encyclopedia Virginia
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Grant Announcement - Perriello Remarks
Part 2: Perriello Remarks
Congressman Tom Perriello (VA) announced a grant that will help develop a model for more high-quality education opportunities in rural communities.
Recorded October 5, 2010 at the Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia
History of The The Hebrew Israelite Slaves in Farmville Virginia America
History of The The Hebrew Israelite Slaves in Farmville Virginia America
Gallery I: The Auditorium
The museum visitor enters through the same doors that students would have entered on April 11, 1951. A short walk down the hall leads the visitor to the Auditorium (Gallery I -- restored to its period appearance)
All images used in the orginal DVD and the DVD booklet are courtesy of the following:
Afro-American Newspapers Archives and Research Center
American Friends Service Committee
Associated Press
The Birmingham News
Bound for Freedom, an Educator's Adventures in Prince Edward County, Virginia by Neil Sullivan. Little, Brown and Company, 1965. Photograph by Ollie Atkins; National Education Association photograph by Purcell
Collection of the Supreme Court of the U.S., Photograph by Franz Jantzen
(©CORBIS/Bettmann) Donated by Corbis-Bettmann
Daily Progress
Ebony Magazine
Edward H. Peeples, Prince Edward County (VA) Public Schools Collection
Family of Vera Allen
Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, U.S. News and World Report Magazine Collection, (203A)
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Visual
Materials from the NAACP Records. The Robert Russa Moton Museum wishes to thank The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for authorizing the use of these images.
Library of Virginia
Michael Sullivan
National Archives Mid Atlantic Region
Professor John A. Stokes
Richmond Times-Dispatch
StudioAmmons, Inc.
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
The Virginian-Pilot