Leaders

Robert R. Moton (center), Booker T. Washington (right), location unknown, circa 1906–15. Photograph by A.P. Bedou. Photograph courtesy of Tuskegee University Archives, A.P. Bedou Collection.

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Dr. Robert R. Moton, second president of Tuskegee Institute, met Booker T. Washington while he was a student at Hampton University. Washington mentored Moton as a student and eventually, the two developed a close friendship and working relationship. When Booker T. Washington passed in 1915, Moton succeeded him as president of the school.

  • Date Created: circa 1906–1915
  • Date Digitized: 05/01/2021
  • Creator: A.P. Bedou
  • Subject: Tuskegee; Robert R. Moton; Booker T. Washington
  • Format: JPG
  • Source: black and white photograph
  • Publisher: Tuskegee University Archives
  • Rights Link: http://archive.tuskegee.edu/repository/copyright-information/