Moton Author Series: Dr. Terence Hicks — Prince Edward County, Virginia School Closing

Name: Moton Author Series: Dr. Terence Hicks — Prince Edward County, Virginia School Closing
Start: 2026-03-28T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 900 Griffin Blvd, Farmville, VA, United States, Virginia 23901

Schedule

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

900 Griffin Blvd, Farmville, VA, United States, Virginia 23901 | Farmville, VA

The Robert Russa Moton Museum is honored to welcome award-winning scholar and author Dr. Terence Hicks for a special Moton Author Series presentation and book signing of Prince Edward County, Virginia School Closing: A Compilation of Research Studies.
This important volume brings together rigorous scholarship examining one of the most defining chapters in the Moton story — the five-year closure of Prince Edward County’s public schools following the 1951 student strike and the Davis v. County School Board case. Through research grounded in history, education, and civil rights, the book deepens understanding of how the school closings reshaped lives, families, and the national movement for equal education.
Dr. Hicks’s distinguished career bridges scholarship and public impact. A tenured Full Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University and former dean at both ETSU and Prairie View A&M University, his work centers on educational access and historically marginalized communities. In 2024 he received both the Virginia Social Science Association Scholar Award and the Legacy Award — honors shared by figures such as civil rights attorney Oliver Hill, whose legal leadership in Davis v. County School Board stands at the heart of the Moton story. This recognition places Dr. Hicks among scholars whose work advances equity, historical truth, and community-centered scholarship.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
5:00 p.m.
Robert Russa Moton Museum
900 Griffin Blvd., Farmville, VA
Program includes author presentation, audience conversation, and book signing.
Free and open to the public. Books available for purchase and signing.
We invite our community, educators, scholars, and all who carry connections to the Moton story to join us for this meaningful evening of history, reflection, and shared understanding.