was designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1981. The former R. R. Moton High School, located in Farmville in Prince Edward County, was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1998. It now houses the Robert Russa Moton Museum, a center for the study of civil rights in education. Robert R. Moton High School, located in Leeds, Alabama which operated from 1948–1970, was named in his honor. Elementary schools have been named for him in Hampton, VA, Brooksville, FL, Miami, FL, Westminster, MD, Easton, MD, Emporia, VA and New Orleans, LA. In 1932, Moton was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. Moton Hall, a men's dorm built in the late 1950's at Hampton University, is named for him. Public service Moton played a role in various aspects of public service. 1918, he traveled to France at the request of President Woodrow Wilson to inspect U.S. black troops stationed there. 1923, he played a leading role in the establishment of the Veterans Administration Hospital for Negroes, Tuskegee, Alabama. 1927, Chairman of the American National Red Cross, Colored Advisory Commission on the Great Mississippi Flood. 1932, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Education in Haiti. Publications Some Elements Necessary To Race Development, 1913. Racial Good Will Addresses, 1916. Negro of Today: Remarkable Growth Of Fifty Years, 1921. The Negro's Debt to Lincoln (8 pp.), 1922. Frissell the Builder: Address at the Dedication of the Frissell Memorial Organ in Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute, 1923. Finding A Way Out (autobiography). Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1920. What the Negro Thinks. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. References Further reading Spangler, Michael (1996). The Moton Family: A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress. Washington: Library of Congress. External links The Gloucester Institute Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921, c1920. Robert Russa Moton Museum, Farmville, Virginia Dr. Robert Russa Moton Award 1867 births 1940 deaths African-American writers American writers Spingarn Medal winners People from Amelia County, Virginia Hampton University alumni Tuskegee University presidents Hampton University faculty African-American educators 20th-century male writers People from Prince Edward County, Virginia African-American academics American academic administrators Alabama Republicans Alabama Democrats 20th-century African-American people