Posted on February 5th, 2018 by staff
To celebrate the impending 101st birthday of the legendary Ella Fitzgerald, and the historical and cultural significance of jazz music as a whole, the Robert Russa Moton Museum will be hosting a jazz concert on Saturday, February 24th. The enormously talented Desiree Roots will be performing her tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, featuring a set of some of Ella’s most notable songs and accompanied by highly-acclaimed local jazz musicians.
The Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald will take place at the Moton Museum, located at 900 Griffin Boulevard in Farmville, Virginia. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24th, and is free and open to the public
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Posted on January 28th, 2018 by staff
February 13th | 6:30 p.m. | Moton Museum Auditorium
“The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” as performed by Diane Faison is a glimpse into the life of Harriet, some of her thoughts on the Underground Railroad and some of her driving inspirations. The 50 minute performance has been called “breathtaking”, “riveting”, and “inspired and inspiring”. The one-woman show is designed to entertain and educate people of all ages
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Posted on January 22nd, 2018 by staff
On February 13th Moton will participate in a new workshop, “Break Glass: Facilitating Conversations to End Hate.”
This workshop will provide educators with the tools to engage students in a dialog about diversity and social awareness as it relates to their curriculum and the everyday lives of students. The workshop will be held at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts and the Moton Museum
Other organizations that are participating include the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Virginia Holocaust Museum, and the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. Please visit the link for more information or contact Mindy Pierson at piersonms@longwood.edu.
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Posted on January 17th, 2018 by staff
Two Virginia locations have been included with a newly-launched website for the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
In partnership with Travel South USA, the U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of more than 100 churches, courthouses, schools, museums and other landmarks primarily in the Southern states where activists challenged segregation in the 1950s and 1960s to advance social justice. Virginia locations include the Robert Russa Moton Museum in Farmville and the Civil Rights Memorial in Richmond.
The Robert Russa Moton Museum is the national center for the study of Civil Rights in Education. Formerly Robert Russa Moton High School, the museum was the site of the first non-violent student demonstration in 1951. This action led to the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court that mandated equal education for all Americans, a hallmark in the civil rights movement. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1998.
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Posted on January 1st, 2018 by staff
The next Moton Community Prayer Breakfast will be held on January 9th beginning at 7:30 am. This is a delay from our regular rotation due to the New Year Holiday. Join us for a wonderful breakfast and prayers led by local community members. Thank you for your continued support.
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