 It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998, and is now a museum dedicated to that history.The museum (and school) were named for African-American educator Robert Russa Moton.The former Moton School is a single-story brick Colonial Revival building, built in 1939 in response to activism and legal challenges from the local African-American community and legal challenges from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).