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Race, Education, and
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1988-2003
Taken by Dr. Edward H. Peeples, Jr.
A total of 125 photographs were taken in 1988 or later by Dr. Peeples. There are also two historical cartoons in this section which were created in 1962. This list uses much of the language found in the notes compiled by Dr. Peeples about his photographs.
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Black and White Schools, Prince Edward County, Virginia -- 1961-1963
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Photo ID no.95 - Route of Lee's Retreat looking south into Farmville from Virginia state route 45 (1988).
Photo ID 97A. - Historical Marker, Robert R. Moton High School for Negroes on the southside of Farmville on U.S. route 15, the site where students went out on strike against school conditions. It was known as Mary E. Branch Elementary School for Negroes at the time the original photos were taken in 1962. (1988)
Photo ID 97B. - Historical Marker with Robert R. Moton High School for Negroes in the background. The school was known as Mary E. Branch Elementary School for Negroes at the time the original photos were taken in 1962. (1988).
Photo ID 98A. - Stone sign, First Baptist Church, Farmville (1988).
Photo ID 98B. - First Baptist Church, front view, Farmville (1988).
Photo ID 98C. - First Baptist Church, similar view, Farmville (1988)
Photo ID 100A. - Miller Building . Office home of American Friends Service Committee and other civil rights activities (1988).
Photo ID 100B. - Miller Building. With street sign (1988)
Photo ID 101. - Shack in Farmville (1988).
Photo ID 102A. - Farmville Baptist Church. Prominent White church during school closing (1991).
Photo ID 102B. - Farmville Baptist Church. Prominent White church during school closing (1991).
Photo ID 102C. - Farmville Baptist Church. Prominent White church during school closing (1991).
Photo ID 103A. - Farmville Elementary School for blacks which was also said to be the black high school prior to 1939, view 1 (1991).
Photo ID 103B. - Farmville Elementary School for blacks which was also said to be the black high school prior to 1939, view 2 (1991)
Photo ID 103C. - Farmville Elementary School for blacks which was also said to be the black high school prior to 1939, view 3 (June 15, 2003).
Photo ID 104. - Ball field adjacent to Robert Russa Moton High School (known as Branch Elementary School in 1962) for Blacks. This is one of the two sites where the Richmond Volunteers to Prince Edward County conducted recreational activities for school-less black teenage boys in 1961-1962. In the background is the old Black High School seen in photo number103A and 103B and the cemetery where L. Francis Griffin, Jr. is buried. Longwood College had taken possession of the field by 1998 (1991). S
Photo ID 104A. - Looking south on US 15 at the Moton Museum (in background) and the new Longwood University ball field (foreground) which was once the site of activities initiated by the Richmond Volunteers to Prince Edward County in the early 1960s (2001)
Photo ID 105. - Gravestone of Dr. Nathaniel P. Miller, a dentist and long-time leader among Prince Edward County blacks (1991).
Photo ID 106A. - Griffin Boulevard sign at Redford Street, named for Rev. L. Francis Griffin. Longwood College campus is seen in the background (1991).
Photo ID 106B. - Griffin Boulevard sign at Madison Street. Longwood College is seen in the background.(1988).
Photo ID 107. - Grave site of L. Francis Griffin, with two men who knew him looking on. Robert Russa Moton High School (known as Branch Elementary School in 1962) for Blacks is seen in the background (1991).
Photo ID 108A. - Gravestone of L. Francis Griffin (1991). Straight-on largest view.
Photo ID 108B. - Gravestone of L. Francis Griffin (1991). Angle view.
Photo ID 108C. - Gravestone of L. Francis Griffin (1991). Smaller angle view.
Photo ID 108D. - Gravestone of L. Francis Griffin (1991). Another angle view.
Photo ID 108E. - Grave site of L. Francis Griffin (1991). Another view.
Photo ID 109A. - Commemorative monument to L. Francis Griffin in front of Moton Musuem. Second largest view. (1991).
Photo ID 109B. - Commemorative monument to L. Francis Griffin. Largest view. (1991).
Photo ID 109C. - Commemorative monument to L. Francis Griffin. Third largest view. (1991).
Photo ID 109D. - Commemorative monument to L. Francis Griffin. Smallest view. (1991).
Photo ID 109E. - Commemorative monument to L. Francis Griffin. Next smallest view. (1991).
Photo ID 110A. - Prince Edward County Courthouse (1991).
Photo ID 110B. - Prince Edward County Courthouse (1988).
Photo ID 110C. - Prince Edward County Courthouse (1991).
Photo ID 113. - Camera used to take the Prince Edward photographs in the early 1960s. Some of the photos were shot with a flash which is not shown here. This camera was made in Germany and was purchased for $6.95 around 1959. (2001)
Photo ID 114. - Camera used to take the Prince Edward photographs in the early 1960s shown here with its flash attachment. (2001)
Photo ID 115. - Ball field with Robert Russa Moton High School (known as Branch Elementary School in 1962) in the background. This is one of the two sites where the Richmond Volunteers to Prince Edward County conducted recreational and educational activities for schoolless children and youth in 1961-1962. Longwood College had taken possession of the field by 1998 and made the improvements seen here. (2001)
Photo ID 116. - Farmville Elementary School for blacks which was also said to be the black high school prior to 1939, view 4. (2001)
Photo ID 117. - Head Start building near Prospect on U.S. route 460 which in 1959 was the First Rock Elementary School for blacks. This photo was taken from a position similar to that of photo # 4. The "Temporary" building covered with roofing paper and the outdoor privy seen at this site in photo # 4A in 1961-1962 are now gone. (March 2001)
Photo ID 118. - View 1 of the yard of the Head Start building near Prospect on U.S. route 460 which in 1959 was the First Rock Elementary School for blacks. This photo was taken from a position similar to that of photo # 4A. The "Temporary" building covered with roofing paper and the outdoor privy seen at this site in photo # 4A in 1961-1962 are now gone. (March 2001)
Photo ID 119. - View 2 of yard of the Head Start building near Prospect on U.S. route 460 which in 1959 was the First Rock Elementary School for blacks. This photo was taken from a position similar to that of photo # 4A. The "Temporary" building covered with roofing paper and the outdoor privy seen at this site in photo # 4A in 1961-1962 are now gone. (March 2001)
Photo ID 120. - First Rock Elementary School, view from west. (March 2001)
Photo ID 121. - First Rock Elementary School, now used as Head Start Site, with sign and four staff members. (March 2001)
Photo ID 122. - First Rock Elementary School, now used as Head Start Site, with staff members at front door. (March 2001)
Photo ID 123. - R. R Moton High School and Museum, distant view from South Main and Griffin Boulevard, Farmville. (June 15, 2003)
Photo ID 124. - R. R Moton High School and Museum, slightly closer view from South Main and Griffin Boulevard, Farmville. (June 15, 2003)
Photo ID 125. - Jean Fairfax studying her notes during a break when she was being interviewed by Edward H. Peeples about AFSC work in Prince Edward County, March 7, 2002, Richmond, Virginia. (2002)
Photo ID 126. - Peebles Department Store in Appomattox Court House. Peebles Department store founder has common Virginia ancestors with Edward H. Peeples
Photo ID 127. - Mercy Seat Elementary School, now a grocery and sporting goods store near Hampden-Sydney, view similar to # 27A (1999)
Photo ID 128. - Levi Elementary School, similar view as # 35, Tom Hoynes taking a photo in right foreground (1999)
Photo ID 129. - Levi Elementary School, side view (1999)
Photo ID 130. - Levi Elementary School, view of Tom Hoynes (L) and Brian Grogan (R) looking at a list of schools. (1999)
Photo ID 131. - Levi Elementary School, view of Tom Hoynes (L) and Brian Grogan (R) looking at camera. (1999)
Photo ID 132. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Oliver Hill speaking to the crowd with Jonathon K. Stubbs to his left, view 1
Photo ID 133. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Oliver Hill speaking to the crowd with Jonathon K. Stubbs to his left, view 2
Photo ID 134. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: close-up of Oliver Hill
Photo ID 135. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Oliver Hill listening to the speeches
Photo ID 136. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Oliver Hill seen through crowd
Photo ID 137. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Oliver Hill's feet tapping to the beat of the Albany singers.
Photo ID 138. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: model of the Moton High School tar paper shack.
Photo ID 139. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: sister of Barbara Johns, distant view
Photo ID 140. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: sister of Barbara Johns, closeup view 1
Photo ID 141. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: sister of Barbara Johns, closeup view 2
Photo ID 142. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Juan Williams at lectern speaking to the crowd, distant view
Photo ID 143. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Juan Williams speaking to the crowd, closeup view 1
Photo ID 144. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Juan Williams speaking to the crowd, closeup view 2
Photo ID 145. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: left to right, Bruce Twyman, Juan Williams, and Dr. Margaret Blackmon applauding
Photo ID 146. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Juan Williams greeting R.C. Smith, limousine in background
Photo ID 147. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: unidentified man greets R. C. Smith with Juan Williams looking on, limousine in background
Photo ID 148. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: left to right, Bruce Twyman and Juan Williams listening to a speaker
Photo ID 149. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Juan Williams greeting an unidentified man
Photo ID 150. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Bruce Twyman speaking at the lectern
Photo ID 151. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: John Stokes speaking at the lectern to the crowd, view 1
Photo ID 152. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: John Stokes speaking at the lectern to the crowd, view 2
Photo ID 153. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: John Stokes speaking at the lectern to the crowd, view 3
Photo ID 154. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Rev. Eric Griffin speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 155. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Rev. Eric Griffin listening to another speaker
Photo ID 156. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Vera Allen speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 157. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Thomas Mayfield speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 158. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Dr. Margaret Blackmon speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 159. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Ruth Murphy, of the Fuqua School, speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 160. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Albany (Georgia) Civil Rights Museum Freedom Singers, distant view
Photo ID 161. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Albany (Georgia) Civil Rights Museum Freedom Singers, closer view
Photo ID 162. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Ruby Lee, former volunteer to PEC, Moton Museum in the background
Photo ID 163. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Sam Wilson speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 164. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Sam Wilson and Hunter Watson, Chair PEC Board of Supervisors, speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 165. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Rev. Jason Thrower speaking at the lectern to the crowd
Photo ID 166. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: Rev. Jason Thrower leading a prayer
Photo ID 167. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: view of part of the audience under the tent
Photo ID 168. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: distant view of the tent
Photo ID 169. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strikea at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: close-up view of the tent
Photo ID 170. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: distant view of the ribbon cutting at the entrance to the Moton Museum
Photo ID 171. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: close-up view 1 of the ribbon cutting at the entrance to the Moton Museum
Photo ID 172. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: close-up view 2 of the ribbon cutting at the entrance to the Moton Museum
Photo ID 173. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: view of a portion of the crowd after the ribbon cutting at the entrance to the Moton Museum
Photo ID 174. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: assembling for the march down to the PEC Courthouse after the ceremony
Photo ID 175. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: beginning of the march down to the PEC Courthouse after the ceremony
Photo ID 176. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: progress of the march down to the PEC Courthouse after the ceremony
Photo ID 177. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: distant view of the march down to the PEC Courthouse after the ceremony
Photo ID 178. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: photo 1 in the Moton Museum collection
Photo ID 179. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: photo 2 in the Moton Museum collection
Photo ID 180. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: photo 3 in the Moton Museum collection
Photo ID 181. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: photo 4 in the Moton Museum collection
Photo ID 182. - 50th Anniversary of the PEC black student strike at R.R. Moton High School, at the Moton Museum, Farmville, April 23, 2001: photo 5 in the Moton Museum collection
Photo ID 183. - Symposium "Prince Edward Stories: Race, Schools, America" at Hampden-Sydney College, left to right - President Samuel V. Wilson (bent over), R.C. Smith, Jean Fairfax (partially hidden), and Vera Allen (at the lectern). (October 26, 1999)
Photo ID 184. - Occasion at Moton Museum of the republished book on PEC by R.C. Smith: Rev Kitty Smith presiding at the lectern, Susan Bagby and RC Smith sitting up front, distant view (October 1996)
Photo ID 186. - Occasion at Moton Museum of the republished book on PEC by R.C. Smith: view of some of the crowd (October 1996)
Photo ID 187. - Occasion at Moton Museum of the republished book on PEC by R.C. Smith: R.C. Smith signing his book, view 1. (October 1996)
Photo ID 188. - Occasion at Moton Museum of the republished book on PEC by R.C. Smith: R.C. Smith signing his book, view 2 (October 1996)
Photo ID 189. - Occasion at Moton Museum of the republished book on PEC by R.C. Smith: Janice (Ruby's college roommate at left) and Ruby Clayton Walker (right), former volunteer to PEC (October 1996)
Photo ID 190. - Occasion at Moton Museum of the republished book on PEC by R.C. Smith: Edward H. Peeples (left) and Ruby Clayton Walker (right), who worked together as volunteers in PEC and elsewhere in the early 1960s. (October 1996)
Photo ID 191. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: view 1 of participants on stage
Photo ID 192. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: view 2 of participants on stage
Photo ID 193. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: several of the former students who were veterans of the 1951 strike at Moton with the National Historic Landmark plaque
Photo ID 194. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: closeup of the National Historic Landmark plaque
Photo ID 195. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: several of the former Moton students on the stage after the official ceremony
Photo ID 196. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: signs of TV and film coverage of the ceremonies (Brian Grogan appears on right)
Photo ID 197. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: view of the waiting crowd.
Photo ID 198. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: view of the waiting crowd with Ruby Clayton Walker (sitting in the center foreground with the straw hat and white and green dress) and a friend from her church in Richmond (to her right in purple dress) who had attended PEC schools many years before 1951
Photo ID 199. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: closer view of Ruby Clayton Walker (sitting in the center foreground in a white and green dress) and a friend from her Richmond church (to her right in purple dress) who had attended PEC schools many years before 1951.
Photo ID 200. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: view of Ruby Clayton Walker (on right) and a friend from her church (center) and Janice (left, her college roommate)
Photo ID 201. - Ceremonies Conferring National Historic Designation on the Robert Russa Moton High School on August 31, 1998: view of Ruby Clayton Walker (on right) and a friend from her church (center) and Edward H. Peeples (left), all of whom traveled together from Richmond for the occasion.
Photo ID 202. - Euro-American Cuisine Restaurant & Lounge, US 460 west, Farmville, looking southeast. When one sees this place and its clientele, one might wonder if this particular choice of a name bears any relationship to the peculiar history of Prince Edward County? (2001)
Photo ID 203. - Closeup of the road sign at the Euro-American Cuisine Restaurant & Lounge, US 460 west, Farmville (2001)
Photo ID Draw001. - Cartoon as it appeared in The Powelton Post, a neighborhood newsletter in Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Justice chasing Prince Edward County by Virginia Tyack, 1962. S
Photo ID Draw002. - Cartoon as it appeared in The Powelton Post, a neighborhood newsletter in Philadelphia, PA: Uncle Sam's Democracy asleep by Virginia Tyack, 1962. S
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