Robert R. Moton High School and ball field, Farmville, Va., 2001
Name of School
Mary E. Branch Elementary School #2
Other School Name
Robert R. Moton High School (Farmville)
Type of School
high schools; elementary schools
Racial Orientation
African Americans
Date of Photograph
2001
Town / Community
Farmville (Va.)
County
Prince Edward County (Va.)
Description
Ball field on S. Main Street in Farmville, Va., with Robert R. Moton High School, which was known as Mary E. Branch Elementary School #2 for African Americans in 1963, in the background. This is one of the two sites where the Richmond Volunteers to Prince Edward County conducted recreational and educational activities for school-less children and youth in 1961-1962. Longwood College had taken possession of the field by 1998 and made the improvements seen here when photograph was taken in 2001.
Subject
athletic fields
Corporate Name Subject
R. R. Moton High School (Farmville, Va.); Mary E. Branch Elementary School No. 2 (Farmville, Va.); Richmond Committee of Volunteers to Prince Edward County; Longwood College
Topical Subject
Athletic fields -- Virginia -- Farmville -- Pictorial works; Volunteer workers in recreation -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County; Volunteer workers in education -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County