Moton High School, located in Farmville, Virginia, holds significant historical importance in the struggle for educational equality during the Civil Rights Movement. In 1951, a group of African American students at Moton High School led by 16-year-old Barbara Johns staged a strike to protest the inadequate and segregated facilities they were forced to endure.

This protest would eventually lead to the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Moton High School became a pivotal symbol of resistance and activism in the fight for equal access to education for Black students. Today, the site is known as the Robert Russa Moton Museum and serves as a historic landmark and educational center dedicated to preserving the legacy of the student-led strike and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement.