Robert Russa Moton Museum
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Adjacent to Longwood University is the Robert R. Moton Museum facility, where a 1951 school strike led by 16-year old Barbara Johns helped bring about the legal challenge to school segregation.
The story of the strike, and the later Prince Edward County school closures, is captured at the award-winning museum. MISTERS enjoy extensive involvement with Moton, where they work with Cainan Townsend, the museum’s education director and an alumnus of the Call Me MISTER program.
“I chose Longwood is because of its rich history of producing great teachers. I want to become a fifth-grade teacher, and Longwood’s liberal studies program will give me the skills I need to become the best fifth-grade teacher I can be.”
Jonathan Brooks ‘23
“All of us today can have that choice, just like Barbara Johns did, to be part of the positive change. We can be part of the change or we can sit idly by. I think it should inspire us all to make the choice that benefits society and helps us grow and develop as a community.”
James Bennett ‘20
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Farmville, VA 23909
(434) 395-2663
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