Photographer

Edward H. Peeples

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Date of Photograph

1998

Description

Historical marker for Robert R. Moton High School on the southside of Farmville, Va., on U.S. route 15, the site where students went out on strike against school conditions. It was previously known as Mary E. Branch Elementary School #2.

Name of School

Mary E. Branch Elementary School #2

Other School Name

Robert R. Moton High School (Farmville)

Type of School

elementary schools

Demographic Served

African Americans

Name of Building

Robert Russa Moton Museum

Corporate Name Subject

R. R. Moton High School (Farmville, Va.) -- Student strike, 1951; Mary E. Branch Elementary School No. 2 (Farmville, Va.)

Topical Subject

Historical markers -- Virginia -- Farmville -- History -- Pictorial works; Student strikes -- Virginia -- Farmville -- History

Geographic Subject

Farmville (Va.)

City/Location

Farmville (Va.)

County

Prince Edward County (Va.)

Original Image Medium

Color negative

Original Image Size

6 x 9 cm.

Genre

photographs

Local Genre

photograph

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools

File Name

pec097a.jpg

Source

Robert R. Moton High School historical marker, 1998, Edward H. Peeples, Jr. papers, M 68 and M 342, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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