Robert R. Moton

Educator and author Robert Russa Moton (1867-1940) was the second president of Tuskegee Institute. Tuskegee's Moton Field, where the famed Tuskegee Airmen trained during World War II, is named in his honor.

Portrait of Robert Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute
Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History
Portrait of Robert Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute