Kate Dudding: Voices From the Past

  Barbara Johns – A Student Leader 16 year old African American Barbara Johns led a high school strike in 1951 demanding a better Black high school school in Farmville, VA.

• Robert Russa Moton Museum, a National Historic Landmark which honors the courage and sacrifice of Farmville, Virginia students and families, and their leading role in moving America from segregation toward integration.

• Memories of Barbara's sister, Joan Johns Cobb.

• All About Barbara Rose Johns, a web site created by Teri Kanefield, author of The Girl From the Tar Paper School.

Above is a photo of one side of the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol. It features eighteen statues of leaders in the Civil Rights movement on four sides of a rectangular granite stone block. This memorial was opened in July 2008.