Video previews of each of the galleries planned for the Robert Russa Moton Museum permanent exhibit.
Gallery I: The Auditorium
Gallery II: Tar Paper Shacks
Gallery III: Davis vs. Prince Edward
Gallery IV: Massive Resistance
Gallery V: They Closed Their Schools
Gallery VI: Bound for Freedom
Strike: April 23, 1951
A behind the scenes look at the Tim Reid documentary “Strike: April 23, 1951″
On April 23, 1951, 16-year-old student Barbara Johns rallied her fellow students at the Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia to take a stand against the sub-standard conditions of their segregated school. All 450 students joined together in a walk-out and staged a demonstrations that was to be the first group protest of the Civil Rights Movement. The student strike at Moton occurred four years before the Montgomery Bus Boycott, six years before the Little Rock Nine crisis and nine years before the sit-ins. The federal case they filed in the Federal District Court in Richmond called for the immediate integration of Prince Edward County schools, and would go on to become the only one of the five cases to make up the historic Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case brought before the US Supreme Court that was initiated by the students themselves.
The Robert Russa Moton Museum Permanent Exhibit has been designed and planned to honor these students, and capture their story for future generations. There are five galleries planned, each specific to a certain time period during the Prince Edward County fight for civil rights in education. A glimpse of each of these galleries can be seen by clicking the link above.
Thank You to Our Sponsors & Supporters
| The design and development of this exhibit is made possible by the financial support and encouragement of many people and organizations. We thank them all for their commitment to helping us tell the Moton story. |
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$500,000 +
Dominion
Virginia Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization Commission
$250,000 – $499,000
National Education Association
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
$100,000 – $249,000
Altria Group
Institute of Museum & Library Services
National Park Service “Save America’s Treasures”
Cabell Foundation
The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Virginia Department of Transportation “Enhancement Program”
$50,000 – $99,000
Prince Edward County
Wallace and Mary Gray Stettinius
