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Moton Field
Moton may refer to: People Given name * Moton Hopkins (born 1986), American professional gridiron football player Surname * LeVelle Moton (born 1974), American college basketball coach * Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940), African American educator and author * Taylor Moton (born 1994), American football player Schools * R.R. Moton High School, historic segregated school located in Prince Edward County, Virginia * Dr. R. Moton High School, located in Brookside, Florida * Moton High School (Oklahoma), Taft, Oklahoma Other uses * Moton Field, part of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site * Moton Field Municipal Airport, Airport located north of Tuskegee, Alabama * Robert Russa Moton Museum (Moton High School), National Historic Landmark in Prince Edward County, Virginia * Robert Russa Moton Boyhood Home, historic plantation in Prince Edward County, Virginia * Holly Knoll, aka Robert R. Moton House, National Historic Landmark in Gloucester County, Virginia See also * Motown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moton Hopkins
Moton Hopkins (born November 20, 1986) is a former professional Canadian football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) as a free agent in the spring of 2010. He played college football at the University of Tulsa. He has also been a member of the Montreal Alouettes (CFL). Early years Hopkins was a three-year letter winner at Randolph High School. He started three years at both tight end and defensive end and helped lead his team to a 10–2 record both his junior and senior seasons. He tallied 356 career tackles, 41 stops for lost yards, 22 sacks, six forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. He totaled 154 tackles, 17 stops for lost yardage, eight sacks and two forced fumbles his junior season. He was named to the all-Greater San Antonio team as a defensive end. He also earned first-team all-district honors on offense and defense, and was a first-team all-state performer. In his senior year, he had 117 tackles, 17 for lost yardage, six sacks, thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeVelle Moton
LeVelle DeShea Moton (born June 16, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the men's basketball team at North Carolina Central University. He was a former player at North Carolina Central, having graduated in 1996. Early life Moton was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 1974. He and his older brother Earl were raised in the Orchard Park housing projects, the same projects as R&B group New Edition. His mother and grandmother raised LeVelle and his brother in the rough era of the crack epidemic. One time, as a youth, Moton attempted to sell drugs to provide for his family, a local druglord told other dealers he would punish them if they hired Moton. Hattie, his mother, decided to move her sons out of Boston to try and give them a better life and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. Moton attended Daniels Middle School, where his jersey is retired, and went on to play at Enloe High School. He and his family lived in Lane Street projects w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Russa Moton
Robert Russa Moton (August 26, 1867 – May 31, 1940) was an American educator and author. He served as an administrator at Hampton Institute. In 1915 he was named principal of Tuskegee Institute, after the death of founder Booker T. Washington, a position he held for 20 years until retirement in 1935. Biography Robert Russa Moton was born in Amelia County, Virginia, on August 26, 1867, and was raised in nearby Rice, Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was the grandson of an African chieftain who had grown wealthy by engaging in slave trading. Later this chief was himself sold into slavery, leading to the establishment of Moton's family in the Americas shortly thereafter. Moton graduated from the Hampton Institute in 1890. He married Elizabeth Hunt Harris in 1905, but she died in 1906. He married his second wife, Jennie Dee Booth, in 1908. They had three daughters together: Charlotte Moton (Hubbard), who became a deputy assistant secretary of state at the State Department under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Moton
Taylor Moton (born August 18, 1994) is an American football offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Western Michigan. He was drafted by the Panthers in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Early years Moton attended Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan. He played football, basketball and ran track. College career Moton played at Western Michigan from 2012 to 2016. During his career he set a school record with 52 career starts. Professional career Moton received an invitation to the Senior Bowl and played offensive tackle for the North who lost 15-16 to the South. He attended the NFL Combine and completed all of the combine and positional drills. A dozen NFL scouts attended Western Michigan's Pro Day, as Moton only ran positional drills with 13 other prospects. NFL draft experts and analysts projected him to be a second or third round pick in the 2017 NFL draft. He was ranked the fourth best offensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moton High School (Oklahoma)
Moton may refer to: People Given name * Moton Hopkins (born 1986), American professional gridiron football player Surname * LeVelle Moton (born 1974), American college basketball coach * Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940), African American educator and author * Taylor Moton (born 1994), American football player Schools * R.R. Moton High School, historic segregated school located in Prince Edward County, Virginia * Dr. R. Moton High School, located in Brookside, Florida * Moton High School (Oklahoma), Taft, Oklahoma Other uses * Moton Field, part of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site * Moton Field Municipal Airport, Airport located north of Tuskegee, Alabama * Robert Russa Moton Museum The Robert Russa Moton Museum (popularly known as the Moton Museum or Moton) is a historic site and museum in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It is located in the former Robert Russa Moton High School, considered "the student birthplace ... (Moton High School), National Histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taft, Oklahoma
Taft is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 250 at the 2010 census, a decline of 28.4 percent from the figure of 349 recorded in 2000. The town began as an all-black town on land allotted to Creek Freedmen. It is named for President William Howard Taft. History This community began as an all-black town on land allotted to freedmen of the Creek Nation. It was originally named Twine, for William H. Twine, and had a post office by 1902. Twine moved to Muskogee, and the citizens voted to rename the town as Taft, for President William Howard Taft, who was then Secretary of War in the Theodore Roosevelt administration. Geography Taft is located at (35.762595, -95.546046). It is located approximately west of the city of Muskogee. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 349 people, 136 households, and 87 families residing in the town. The population densi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moton Field
Moton may refer to: People Given name * Moton Hopkins (born 1986), American professional gridiron football player Surname * LeVelle Moton (born 1974), American college basketball coach * Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940), African American educator and author * Taylor Moton (born 1994), American football player Schools * R.R. Moton High School, historic segregated school located in Prince Edward County, Virginia * Dr. R. Moton High School, located in Brookside, Florida * Moton High School (Oklahoma), Taft, Oklahoma Other uses * Moton Field, part of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site * Moton Field Municipal Airport, Airport located north of Tuskegee, Alabama * Robert Russa Moton Museum (Moton High School), National Historic Landmark in Prince Edward County, Virginia * Robert Russa Moton Boyhood Home, historic plantation in Prince Edward County, Virginia * Holly Knoll, aka Robert R. Moton House, National Historic Landmark in Gloucester County, Virginia See also * Motown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moton Field Municipal Airport
Moton Field Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) north of the central business district of Tuskegee, Alabama, Tuskegee, a city in Macon County, Alabama, Macon County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Tuskegee. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which FAA airport categories, categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility. Moton Field is home to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. at the National Park Service website Facilities and aircraft Moton Field Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 264 feet (80 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an Asphalt concrete, asphalt surface measuring 5,005 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Russa Moton Museum
The Robert Russa Moton Museum (popularly known as the Moton Museum or Moton) is a historic site and museum in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It is located in the former Robert Russa Moton High School, considered "the student birthplace of America's Civil Rights Movement" for its initial student strike and ultimate role in the 1954 ''Brown v. Board of Education'' case desegregating public schools. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998, and is now a museum dedicated to that history. In 2022 it was designated an affiliated area of ''Brown v. Board of Education'' National Historical Park. 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). It houses six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Russa Moton Boyhood Home
The Robert Russa Moton Boyhood Home, also known as Pleasant Shade, is a historic plantation near Rice in rural Prince Edward County, Virginia. The acre plantation was the childhood home of African-American educator Robert Russa Moton between 1869 and 1880. The kitchen housing area where Moton lived is also believed to incorporate one of the county's oldest buildings, dating to about 1746. The plantation was also the scene of fighting during the American Civil War, in the later stages of the Battle of Sailor's Creek of April 6, 1865. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 2014. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince Edward County, Virginia References Houses on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Knoll
Holly Knoll, also known as the Robert R. Moton House, is a historic house in rural Gloucester County, Virginia, near Capahosic. It was the retirement home of the influential African-American educator Robert Russa Moton (1867-1940), and is the only known home of his to survive. It now houses the Gloucester Institute, a non-profit training center for African-American community leaders and educators. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1981. and Description and history Holly Knoll is located on the northeast bank of the York River, between the communities of Capahosic and Allmondsville. The main house is a -story brick building with a side gable roof, which is flanked by single-bay single-story wings. A two-story porch and portico extends across much of the facade, supported by smooth Tuscan columns. The interior is organized in a typical Colonial Revival central hall plan, and includes several pieces of furniture that originally belonged to Moton. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motown
Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''motor'' and ''town'', has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned label that achieved crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels (including Tamla Motown, the brand used outside the US) were the most of the Motown sound, a style of soul music with a mainstream pop appeal. Motown was the most successful soul music label, with a net worth of $61 million. During the 1960s, Motown achieved 79 records in the top-ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 between 1960 and 1969. Following the events of the Detroit Riots of 1967, and the loss of key songwriting/production team Holland–Dozier– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
