How to Use the Images

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Visual Evidence

Photo 1: Robert Russa Moton High School Farmville Virginia.
(Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)

Photo 2: Classroom in temporary building, Robert Russa Moton High School.
Photo 1 shows two of the temporary buildings erected on the grounds of R.R. Moton High School in the early 1950s. The permanent building is seen in the middle of the photograph.
Questions for Photos 1 & 2
1. Why were the temporary buildings constructed? (Refer back to Reading 2 if necessary.)
2. How would you describe the interior and exterior of the temporary buildings? What did students at the school term the structures?
3. How did these structures contribute to the students' decision to strike in 1951?
* The images on this screen have a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a larger version of Photo 1 and Photo 2, but be aware that each file will take as much as 30 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.

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