Robert R. Moton High School, Prince Edward County, Va., no trespassing sign, 1962-1963

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Title	Robert R. Moton High School, Prince Edward County, Va., no trespassing sign, 1962-1963
Name of School	Robert R. Moton High School (Prince Edward County)
Other School Name	Prince Edward County High School
Type of School	high schools
Racial Orientation	African Americans
Date of Photograph	1962-1963
County	Prince Edward County (Va.)
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 the sign found in front of all schools which were on frequently traveled roads. 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.
Subject	high schools
Corporate Name Subject	R. R. Moton High School (Prince Edward County, Va.); Prince Edward County High School (Prince Edward County, Va.)
Topical Subject	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
Geographic Subject	Prince Edward County (Va.)
Local Genre	photograph
Photographer	Peeples, Edward H. (Edward Harden), 1935-
LC Classification	LA380.P74
GIS Data	37.2662637,-78.3994397
Map URL	http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.267097,%20-78.4033286
Original Image Medium	Black and white negative
Original Image Size	6 x 9 cm.
Type	Stillimage
Digital File Type	image/tiff
Date Digitized	2009-04
Digitization Process	Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, using Photoshop CS4, at 8-bit grayscale, 1200 ppi.
Rights	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Contributor	James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Collection	Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools
Original File Name	pec040b.tif

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