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• New: December 2005: State Regrets School Closings
  Carl Eggleston. a 55-year-old funeral home owner and a recipient of one of those scholarships, was about to enter the third grade when the Prince Edward County schools were closed in 1959. Eggleston's parents had to maintain two households. renting a home in another county so that he could go to school. But for two years, he didn't go to school at all . . . . . .
   
• New: November 25, 2005: Application Underway For Moton
  License Plates.
   
• New:  November 16, 2005: NEW Moton License Plate - 350 Applications Needed By December 31, 2005.
  For additional information please contact the Moton Museum
  E-mail:  Administration  Telephone: - 434 - 315 - 8775
   
• December 23, 2004, Building Improvements Continue At Moton Museum, Necessitate Temporary Closing
  
  
• October 28, 2004, Historian Ely To Speak About New Book At Moton Museum
  
  
• June 16, 2004, PRINCE EDWARD WE NEED YOU TO ... GET ON THE BUS - PART TWO
  
  
• May 17, 2004  The Brown V. Board Of Education Decision - 50th Anniversary, Honoring the Prince Edward County Plaintiffs.
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• April 30, 2004, BROWN FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND
  
  
• January 16, 2004, Governor Warner Announces $230,000 Transportation Grant For Moton Museum
  
  
• January, 2004, "Save America's Treasures" Grant And The Renovation Of The Moton School/Museum Building
  
  
• January 16, 2004, National Brown V. Board 50th Anniversary Commission To Visit Prince Edward And Museum On January 16th
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• May 23, 2003, Moton Museum Gets PE Help - from the Farmville Herald 05/23/03
  
  
• May 7, 2003, Moton Museum Wins Award - from the Farmville Herald 05/07/03
  
  
• May 2, 2003, "The Only Life I Know" - from the Farmville Herald 05/02/03
  
  
• April 30, 2003, Moton Museum Honors Wilson - from the Farmville Herald 04/30/03
  
  
• April 17, 2003, Moton Museum To Observe Anniversary Of Student Strike, April 23, 2003
  
  
• April 10, 2003, Reception to Honor Lt. Gen. Samuel V. Wilson to be held Saturday, April 26, 2003
  
  
• March 19, 2003, Moton Pitch Made in LA - from the Farmville Herald 03/19/03
  
  
• March 5, 2003, Wachovia Funds Moton Trip To The NAACP Image Awards - from the Farmville Herald 03/05/03
  
  
• March 5, 2003, Del. Baskerville Visiting Moton Museum on Thursday
  
  
• May 29th, 2002, Contract signed at Moton Museum for Save America's Treasures Grant^*
  
  
• April 24, 2002, Virginia Governor Mark Warner Visits the R.R. Moton Museum ^*
  
  
• April 19, 2002, "Like I'm Not Even Talking" - from the Farmville Herald 04/19/02
  
  
• April 17, 2002, Moton Has "A Dream" - from the Farmville Herald 04/17/02
  
  
• January 23, 2002, Moton Museum Wows Visitors - from the Farmville Herald 01/23/02
  
  
• January 07, 2002, End of Year Report Cites "Historic" Moton Museum Achievements in 2001
  
  
• October 27 & 28, 2001, Moton Class Of 1953 Holds Reunion - from the Farmville Herald 11/28/01
  
  
• November 10, 2001, R.R. Moton School Evening of Celebration and Inspiration ^*
  
  
• October 27 & 28, 2001, Moton Class of 1953 - from the Farmville Herald 11/09/01
  
  
• October 24, 2001, Katzen Tours Moton Museum - from the Farmville Herald
  
  
• September 12, 2001, Moton Wins $200,000 Save America's Treasures Grant - from the Farmville Herald 09/12/01
  
  
• August 17, 2001, Allen, Goode, Ruff Tour Moton Museum - from the Farmville Herald 08/17/01
  
  
• August 15, 2001, Moton Vista - from the Farmville Herald 08/15/01
  
  
• April 23, 2001, "The Rainbow ... Before Me" - from the Farmville Herald 04/25/01
  
  
• April 23, 2001, Moton Museum Unveils First Permanent Exhibit On Struggle For Civil Rights In Education
  
  
• April 23, 2001, A Walk To Remember: Students' strike laid foundation for desegregation - from the Richmond Times-Dispatch 04/24/01
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• April 12, 2001, Prince Edward County To Commemorate 50th Anniversary Of Historic Moton Strike, Beginning Of Civil Rights Movement
  
  
• March 5, 2001, Juan Williams, Civil Rights Veterans To Headline Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration Of Moton Student Strike
  
  
• March 2, 2001, Living With The Legacies - Johns Family Members Reflect On History
  
  
• February 24th, 2001, 2nd Annual R.R. Moton Fundraising Ball ^*
  
  
• February 2, 2001, Gen. Wilson Heads The Moton Museum
  
  
• February 2, 2001, Moton Museum Will Anchor 12-County Civil Rights Trail
  
  
• January 5, 2001, Gilmore Boosts Moton Project
  
  
• December 20, 2000, Moton Museum Completes Purchase Of Building From County
  
  
• October 13, 2000, Donation Made
  
  
• September 27, 2000, An Enlightened Approach
  
  
• September 13, 2000, Moton Strike on PBS Friday
  
  
• August 25, 2000, Moton Features Gen. Samuel V. Wilson and Billy Eanes
  
  
• July 5, 2000, Moton Museum Receives State Grant For Interpretive Signs
  
  
• June 21, 2000, Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder Visits
  and pledges support
  
  
• March 25, 2000, Robert R. Moton Museum Benefit Held at
  Hampden-Sydney College ^*
  
  
• April 8, 1999 Park Service To Unveil Development Plan for R.R. Moton Museum
  

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