HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 3

Posted on May 23, 1995 (May 23, 2010) by info@motonmuseum.org

(3) In response to the demands to relieve the overcrowding at Moton High School, three temporary buildings were erected, promptly dubbed the “tar paper shacks” due to the material that

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2

Posted on May 23, 1995 (May 23, 2010) by info@motonmuseum.org

(2) Because of these challenges, a new high school for Black students was built in Prince Edward County. The school was completed in 1939 and named for Robert Russa Moton,

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1

Posted on May 23, 1995 (May 23, 2010) by info@motonmuseum.org

(1) Under continuous pressure from local Black professional men during the 1920s, the Prince Edward County School Board reluctantly added high school grades to the all-Black Mary E. Branch Elementary

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