The Robert Russa Moton Museum will be participating in a community family event hosted by the Barbara Rose Johns Farmville/Prince Edward Community Library on Saturday, February 14, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Visitors are invited to stop by the Moton Museum table to take part in hands-on educational activities and enter for a
The Robert Russa Moton Museum invites the community to a special screening and discussion of The Harvest, presented as part of our Black History Month programming. From PBS American Experience: In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. After the 1954 Supreme
EVENT POSTPONEDDue to an unforeseen family matter, our evening with mystery author S.A. Cosby on March 4 has been postponed. We are working to reschedule his visit for the fall semester and appreciate his willingness to join us. A new date will be shared as soon as it is confirmed.
The Robert Russa Moton Museum is honored to welcome award-winning scholar and author Dr. Terence Hicks for a special Moton Author Series presentation and book signing of Prince Edward County, Virginia School Closing: A Compilation of Research Studies. This important volume brings together rigorous scholarship examining one of the most defining chapters in the Moton
WE ARE BACK! A JOYFUL DAY OF PRAISE IS COMING TO THE HILL. The Office of Culture and Community at Hampden-Sydney College and the Robert Russa Moton Museum invite you to join neighbors from across Southside Virginia and beyond for an uplifting afternoon of gospel music, heritage, and fellowship. After an earlier February postponement, we
The Robert Russa Moton Museum invites you to attend our 2026 Moton Community Prayer Breakfasts. As one of the museum’s longest-running signature programs, the Community Prayer Breakfast brings people together in a shared space for reflection, encouragement, and connection. Rooted in community building, this gathering continues a meaningful tradition of starting the day with purpose.
Step into the luminous world of Dr. Yemaja Jubilee, JD, where art, soul, and empowerment entwine with history. Join us for a free screening of Hardships & Triumphant Joy, the Emmy Award-winning documentary that brings her story to the screen with depth, care, and creative vision. Then stay for a conversation with the voices behind
The Robert Russa Moton Museum, in partnership with Longwood University, invites you to this year’s C.G. Gordon Moss Lecture featuring Woody Holton. Woody Holton will deliver the 2026 C.G. Gordon Moss Lecture on Thursday, April 16, 2026, from 6:00–7:00 p.m. in Blackwell Ballroom. Holton, a respected historian of early America, is known for illuminating the
As the days grow longer and summer approaches, we begin to move into a season of gathering—family reunions, cookouts, and time spent together. In that same spirit, the Moton Community Prayer Breakfast brings us together in reflection, encouragement, and prayer, continuing a tradition rooted in community and grounded in purpose. This will be our final
Grand Opening Join us as we officially open the Moton Library & Lounge, a new addition within the Robert Russa Moton Museum. In partnership with the Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce, this ribbon cutting invites the community to experience the Moton story in a new way—one that extends the visitor experience beyond the galleries. Where
More than 170 years after Frederick Douglass delivered his landmark speech, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, its questions about freedom, citizenship, and equality continue to resonate. Join the Robert Russa Moton Museum, Josephine School Community Museum, and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley for this free program commemorating America's 250th anniversary
Experience Children of Courage This Independence Day Weekend The Robert Russa Moton Museum invites you to experience Children of Courage, a new play in development inspired by the courageous students of the 1951 Moton Student Strike and the events that helped shape one of the most significant chapters in American civil rights history. Before
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