This year’s Dr. C.G. Gordon Moss Lecture will feature Dr. Melvin Patrick Ely, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities in History at William & Mary and author of Israel on the Appomattox. Dr. Ely’s talk is titled, “A Horrible Intimacy: Courtroom Dramas of Life, Death, Love, Hate, Sex and Slavery in Prince Edward
The C.G. Moss Scholars Program at the Moton Museum is a collaborative program with Longwood University and commemorates the legacy of Dr. C. G. Gordon Moss, who served as a Professor of History at Longwood College from 1944-1969. Dr. Moss became an outspoken advocate of reopening the schools and of equality and justice for all
Join us for a gathering reflective of our shared hope and active commitment to community building. Begins at 7:30am. Free and open to the public, all are welcome to attend. If you would like to render a prayer or contribute toward breakfast, please contact Sherre Atkins.
Join us for our Barbara Johns Day & Moton LIVE Day of Giving Celebration! We will begin with a lecture by Dr. Mike Utzinger focusing on the 65th anniversary of the closing of schools in Warren County, Norfolk, and Charlottesville at 11:00am. From 12:00p -4:00p we will have an open house with lunch, a screen
Join us for a gathering reflective of our shared hope and active commitment to community building. Begins at 7:30am. Free and open to the public, all are welcome to attend. If you would like to render a prayer or contribute toward breakfast, please contact Sherre Atkins.
Join us on May 13th from 1:00pm until 3:00pm inside the Moton Moton Museum for Farmville Ukrainian Day. This event is sponsored by the Virginia Children's Book Festival, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, and the Moton Museum. This free family workshop will consist of stations for participants to explore Ukrainian art, culture, and food.
Join The Moton Museum and Preservation Virginia’s John Marshall House for a presentation on judicial review and Civil Rights. Panelists will explore how judicial review originated on the Marshall Court in 1803, and its impact on five court cases in the decades to follow. This program will trace how the United States legal system evolved
Join us Friday July 7th at 4:00pm here at the Moton Museum for a book signing! Penny Blue authors the book A Time To Protest: Leadership Lessons from My Father Who Survived the Segregated South for 99 years. The event is free and open to the public, and books will be available for purchase onsite.
Talent of the Town Showcase Auditions: Saturday September 23rd at the Moton Museum Registration required by September 20th Register Here: www.farmvilleva.com/203/Parks-Recreation Save the date for October 18th for the public show!
A Little Child Shall Lead Them: A Documentary Account of the Struggle for School Desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia BRIAN GROGAN BOOK TALK - 10:00 AM ROBERT R. MOTON MUSEUM 900 Griffin Blvd. Farmville, Virginia The event is free and open to the public. Books are available in the Moton Museum Bookstore.
Join us on October 28th at 4:00pm as we welcome Patty O'Connell Pearson to the Moton Museum for an Author Talk and Book Signing. Her book We Are Your Children Too: Black Students, White Supremacists, and the Battle for America's Schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia will be available for purchase during the event. The
Join us for the last Prayer Breakfast of 2023! 11/7/23 7:30am inside the Moton Museum Auditorium This event is free and open to the public.
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