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Website Resources

Virtual Exhibitions & Links:

The Moton School Story: Children of Courage Virtual Exhibit 

Encyclopedia Virginia – Virtual Tour of the Moton Museum

StoryMaps: Fighting Preacher – Rev. L. Francis Griffin Sr. 

Videos:

PBS – Video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow(Prince Edward County Portion) 

PBS – The Future of America’s Past S2E4 School Interrupted

New American History – Educator Resources around School Interrupted episode

Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance 

Articles:

Encyclopedia Virginia – Moton Student Strike & Prince Edward County School Closings

New York Times – Overlooked Series (Barbara Johns Obituary)

Zinn Education Project

Congress of Racial Equality

Encyclopedia Virginia Barbara Johns Bio with 4th, 8th, & 11th grade reading levels

Primary Sources:

In Their Own Words Digital Display: Oral histories of Civil Rights in Prince Edward County

Library of Virginia – Brown v. Board of Education

National Archives – Educator Resources – Davis v. Prince Edward County

Library of Congress – Using Primary Resources

Virginia Commonwealth University Digital Collections – Photos Prince Edward County Public Schools & Farmville 1963 Civil Rights Protests

Ways to Give to Moton

Any gift has the ability to make an impact that far exceeds its size. Together we can work to share the Moton Story and ensure that countless individuals know how Prince Edward County became the birthplace of the student-led civil rights movement.

2022 gifts helped us engage with more than 20,000 individuals via our onsite and offsite programming.
Help us continue this important work with your gift. All donations are tax deductible.

Check out the various ways that your gift can make an impact on behalf of Moton!

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900 Griffin Blvd. Farmville, VA 23901 | Museum Hours 12PM - 4PM Mon. - Sat. | 434.315.8775 | [email protected]

900 Griffin Blvd. Farmville, VA 23901
Museum Hours 12PM - 4PM Mon. - Sat.
434.315.8775
[email protected]