This 1952 Getty image of the student plaintiffs in the Davis lawsuit seeking equal education in Prince Edward County public schools is featured prominently in the Moton Museum located in their former school building in Farmville.
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A worthy state holiday
We are pleased by Virginia’s inaugural Barbara Johns Day, which will be observed on Monday, April 23. That is the day in 1951 that the 16-year-old activist led her fellow students on a walkout to protest the deplorable conditions at the all-black Moton School in Prince Edward County.
