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July Jubilee Juneteenth Celebration

Lifestyles

Jubilee celebration honors history-makers

BY TRACY AGNEW The Farmville Herald An upcoming event is the culmination of a dream Dr. Yemaja Jubilee ... Read more

Moton Museum renovation World Heritage

Lifestyles

Moton Museum moves forward with renovation plans

The Robert Russa Moton Museum will be undergoing several renovations over the next few months.  The 85-year-old building ... Read more

Lifestyles

Moton holds annual Barbara Rose Johns celebration

The Robert Russa Moton Museum was abuzz with activity on Tuesday, April 23 as the facility hosted the ... Read more

Lifestyles

Johns’ impact still felt, decades late

BY BRIAN CARLTON  AND SHARON JOHNSON  The Farmville Herald  Earlier this week, we marked a holiday unique to ... Read more

News

Moss lecture set for next week

This year’s C.G. Gordon Moss Lecture, organized by the Moton Museum, will feature the Organization of American Historians ... Read more

Prayer Breakfast series Moton Museum

Lifestyles

Moton Museum sets dates for Prayer Breakfast series

The longest running program from the Moton Museum will finish up its current season with two special events. ... Read more

Moton Museum

Opinion

Moton Museum: Barbara Johns had something to say…and so do we

Happy Black History Month from the Moton Museum. We anticipate a very busy month here at Moton. Make ... Read more

Moton Museum

Lifestyles

Moton Museum receives gift from DAR

The Judith Randolph-Longwood (JR-L) Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, recently donated to the Robert Russa Moton Museum in ... Read more

MLK Day

Lifestyles

‘Sharing the Story’: MLK Day event helps detail Farmville’s history

As a community, we are all different. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed that difference would not matter. We ... Read more

Moton Museum

Opinion

Cainan Townsend: Moton Museum will be making history again

Happy New Year from the Moton Museum. As 2023 ended, we had much to be grateful for. Now ... Read more

Longwood student

Lifestyles

‘I will not be part of the problem’: Longwood student takes a stand

For many Longwood students, Prince Edward’s consequential civil rights history, including the 5-year closing of the county’s public ... Read more

Opinion

Cainan Townsend: There’s a lot coming from the Moton Museum

With the end of the 2023 year, we wanted to take the time to tell everyone we appreciate ... Read more

Lifestyles

Cainan Townsend: A look inside Moton

We wanted to take the time to highlight part of the museum that people may not think about ... Read more

Lifestyles

Cainan Townsend: Moton looks through October and beyond

Editor’s note: This is the first of a new monthly column from the staff at the Moton Museum, ... Read more

Juneteenth celebration

News

Juneteenth celebration planned at Farmville’s Moton Museum

FARMVILLE – The Robert Russa Moton Museum is hosting a Juneteenth celebration to give an opportunity for folks ... Read more

Lifestyles

Moton goes live on Saturday

In the third edition of an event that has raised more than $90,000 over the past two years, ... Read more

News

News Briefs for Wednesday, April 19: Prince Edward Democrat Deadline

DEADLINE LOOMS FOR PRINCE EDWARD DEMOCRATS If you want to run for office this year as a Democratic ... Read more

Juneteenth celebration

Lifestyles

Collection Day comes to Moton Museum this week

FARMVILLE – History is a thing best preserved for all of those who wish to experience the times ... Read more

Lifestyles

Moton set to bring in Dr. Melvin Ely

The Moton Museum will be holding the C.G. Gordon Moss lecture once again this year. And this time, ... Read more

Prince Edward schools Farmville Pride

Education

‘Bridge Builders’ project moves forward in Prince Edward schools

FARMVILLE – The goal is to build bridges in Prince Edward County, to work with other students and ... Read more

Lifestyles

Moton Museum and LCVA join Blue Star Museums program

This summer Moton Museum and the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) are proud to be part ... Read more

Moton Museum

Lifestyles

Moton gains national recognition

A Farmville historic site will now become officially known as a National Historic Site following last week’s signing ... Read more

News

Juneteenth Freedom Fair celebrated

The 2021 Juneteenth Freedom Fair took place June 20 at Haynes Street Park in Farmville. Hosted by the ... Read more

News

4th graders pushed for Johns historical marker

The late Barbara Rose Johns recently gained recognition from an unlikely group of Virginia citizens in the historical ... Read more

Lifestyles

Hidden figures and facets of Black history

Cainan Townsend took those interested on a tour of Black history in Farmville and Prince Edward County that ... Read more

News

Johns gains support to replace Lee

The Virginia Commission on Historical Statues continued to work its way toward a decision as to who will ... Read more

Education

Johns considered for statue in U.S. Capitol

The late Barbara Rose Johns may soon be representing Farmville and Virginia in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary ... Read more

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