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Robert Russa Moton High School was built in 1939 for 180 students, but enrollment soon rose beyond that capacity, reaching 219 students in 1940, 377 in 1947, and 477 in 1950. In 1948, three tar paper shacks were built as conditions worsened. In 1951, Moton students went on strike. Barbara Rose Johns recalled, “There wasn't any fear I just felt this is your moment Seize it!” From 1959 to 1964, there were no public schools. Rev. L. Francis Griffin, Sr. said, “The eyes of the world are on us.”
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