The Gloucester Historical Society in Virginia will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday in the parish house of Abingdon Episcopal Church, White Marsh, to hear from Brian McGovern, biographer of Dr. Robert Russa Moton.

Moton, connected deeply to Gloucester County through the York River retirement home at Capahosic, “Holly Knoll,” which he constructed, was a prominent African American educator and a pioneer in the civil rights movement.

A release from the historical society notes that Moton graduated in 1890 from Hampton Institute; became commandant of the Male Corps of Men in 1891, and after 10 years, was appointed the second principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, succeeding Booker T. Washington. He retired to Holly Knoll in 1935 and, with his invitation “Come to Capahosic,” brought many people there to discuss issues affecting the African American community, the release said.

Holly Knoll became home of the Moton Conference Center and now is the site of the Gloucester I...