In recognition of the 50^th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, the Moton Museum, in collaboration with the Virginia Children’s Book Festival and Chop Suey Books of Richmond, will host a Loving Day celebration on June 12, 2017.

The day will begin at 12 noon with a brown-bag lunch screening and discussion of the documentary The Loving Story, which premiered on HBO in 2011.  At 1:30 p.m., families are invited to a public reading of the children’s book, The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko. The book is geared for children in grades 1-5. Chop Suey Books is donating 20 copies of the book to be given away to families present at the reading. Selina Alko, along with the book’s illustrator Sean Qualls, will be attending this year’s Virginia Children’s Book Festival, to be held October 19-21, 2017, at Longwood University.

In 1967, the Supreme Court declared laws banning interracial marriage unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia. This 50^th anniversary commemorates a civil rights landmark and the sacrifice of Richard and Mildred Loving in their pursuit of marriage equality.

The events are free and open to the public. Children must be accompanied by an adult to the events. For more information, call the Moton Museum at 434-315-8775. For more information on the Virginia Children’s Book Festival, visit http://vachildrensbookfestival.com/.

The Moton Prayer Breakfast will be suspended for the summer(June, July, August). We will resume Prayer Breakfast on September 5, 2017. See you in the Fall!

-Moton Staff

The Moton Museum will be closed Monday May 22nd, 2017 along with Longwood University. Moton will reopen on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017.

The Moton Museum will be open Memorial Day May 29th, 2017 from 12:00pm-4:00pm.

-Moton Staff