| LC control no. | n 82120483 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940 |
| Variant(s) | Moton, R. R. (Robert Russa), 1867-1940 |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a Spingarn Medal awardee. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18670826 |
| Death date | 19400531 |
| Place of birth | Amelia County (Va.) |
| Place of death | Capahosic (Va.) |
| Affiliation | Tuskegee Institute Hampton Institute National Negro Business League (U.S.) Negro Organization Society |
| Profession or occupation | Educators Politicians Civil rights workers |
| Found in | His Racial goodwill, 1916. Report of the United States Commission on Education in Haiti, 1931: p. v (R.R. Moton, chairman) English Wikipedia website, viewed Apr. 6, 2012 (Robert Russa Moton (August 26, 1867-- May 31, 1940) was an African American educator and author. He served as an administrator at Hampton Institute and was named principal of Tuskegee Institute in 1915 after the death of Dr. Booker T. Washington, a position he held for 20 years until retirement in 1935) African American National Biography, accessed February 27, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Moton, Robert Russa; educator, political figure, social reformer, civil rights activist; born 26 August 1867 in Amelia County, Virginia, United States; completed Hampton Institute; was appointed assistant commandant for the cadet corps of male students, becoming commandant with the rank of major (1890-1891); was part of the network known as the Tuskegee Machine; was chair of the National League on Urban Conditions among Negroes (1919) and president of the National Negro Business League (1921); founded the Negro Organization Society of Virginia; secured the building of a Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee (1923); published his autobiography, Finding a Way Out, followed by a political treatise, What the Negro Thinks (1920, 1928); honors include, among others, the Harmon Award and Spingarn Medal from the NAACP, as well as honorary degrees; died 31 May in Capahosic, Virginia, United States) |
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