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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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