- Collection:
- Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools
- Title:
- Robert R. Moton High School, Prince Edward County, Va., distant view, 1962-1963
- Contributor to Resource:
- Peeples, Edward H. (Edward Harden), 1935-
James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
VCU Libraries - Date of Original:
- 1962/1963
- Subject:
- High schools
Schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works
African American schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works
High schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works
Public schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works
School buildings--Virginia--Prince Edward County--History--Pictorial works
Historic buildings--Virginia--Prince Edward County--Pictorial works
R. R. Moton High School (Prince Edward County, Va.)
Prince Edward County High School (Prince Edward County, Va.) - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Prince Edward County, 37.2243, -78.44108
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Description:
- Robert R. Moton High School for African Americans on county road 628 in Prince Edward County, Va. This was the name of the school at the time the photo was taken in 1962. View of school from the west. The school was built in 1953, two years after the boycott by students at the original Robert R. Moton High School. This building had a pupil capacity of 650 and served grades 8-12. It was one of only two schools for African Americans in the county to have indoor plumbing and either steam or hot water heat. Later renamed Prince Edward County High School.
37.2662637
-78.3994397
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.267097,%20-78.4033286
Robert R. Moton High School (Prince Edward County)
Prince Edward County High School
African Americans
high schools - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A35760
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required. - Extent:
- 6 x 9 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
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