Cumberland students: The connections between two schools named Robert R. Moton 75 years after the Barbara Johns student walkout

Cumberland students: The connections between two schools named Robert R. Moton 75 years after the Barbara Johns student walkout

Most people are familiar with the Robert R. Moton High School in Farmville, but few know about the Robert R. Moton School in Cumberland. The Robert R. Moton School in Cumberland was a two-room Rosenwald elementary school building, constructed in the late 1910s, burned down in 1930, was then rebuilt, closed in 1964, and was eventually demolished During the 1950-1951 school year, Nannie J. Butler taught at the Robert R. Moton School in Cumberland.…