Public Service
Moton became involved in various aspects of public service.
- 1918, Traveled to France at the request of President Woodrow Wilson to inspect black troops stationed there by the United States.
- 1923, 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 United States Commission on Education in Haiti.
There is an elementary school named Robert R. Moton in Hampton, VA; also in Miami FL, Westminster, Md and New Orleans, LA.
In 1932, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.
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