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Leaders, museum mark 70th anniversary of Moton student walkout; committee hears history
Summary
The Senate Brown v. Board Scholarship Committee heard a virtual presentation from the Robert Russa Moton Museum on the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Moton student walkout, detailing overcrowding, student activism led by Barbara Johns, and the legal path to Brown v. Board of Education.
Sen. Angela Williams Graves, chair of the Senate Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Committee, opened the Nov. 14 committee meeting with remarks and introduced a virtual presentation from the Robert Russa Moton Museum on the 70th anniversary of the Moton student walkout. Leah Brown, a museum representative, led the presentation.
Brown said the Moton museum building was purchased for $300,000 by a local group led by the Martha Forester Council and opened as a museum in 2001; it later was designated a National Historic Landmark and added permanent galleries in 2013. The presentation…
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