Charlotte Moton Hubbard

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Charlotte Moton Hubbard
Born
Charlotte Moton

(1911-11-27)November 27, 1911
Hampton, Virginia
DiedDecember 18, 1994(1994-12-18) (aged 83)
Chevy Chase, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTuskegee Institute (1931)
Boston University (1934)
Known forfirst black woman to be deputy assistant secretary of state
Parents

Charlotte Moton Hubbard was the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state from 1964-1970, the first black woman to serve in this role.

Early life[]

Charlotte Moton was born to Robert Russa Moton and Jennie Dee Booth Moton – both educators and community leaders – on November 27, 1911 in Hampton, Virginia.[1] She had two sisters: Catherine and Jennie.[2][3]

Charlotte Moton married Maceo W. Hubbard, an attorney with the United States Department of Justice and civil rights activist, on December 29, 1949.[4] They were married until his death in 1991.[2]

Education[]

Hubbard graduated in 1931 with a certificate in Home Economics from the Tuskegee Institute, where her father was the principal, and later graduated from Boston University’s Sargent College of Physical Education in 1934 with a bachelor's of science degree in Education and Physical Education.[1] While a student at Boston University, Hubbard refused to live in a segregated dormitory, raising the issue with university officials.[5] Her early activism against racial discrimination continued throughout her life.

Career[]

Hubbard began her career in 1934 as an associate professor of Health and Physical Education at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia.[5] She served as co-director of the Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group and helped increase the number of female dancers in the dance company. She worked there until 1942 when she joined the Office of Community War Services, part of the Federal Security Agency, in Washington, D.C.[4] Following the end of World War II, Moton worked and consulted in public relations with a variety of organizations, including the Girl Scouts of America, the Tuskegee Institute, and the United Givers Funds. She joined the State Department in 1963 as a coordinator of women's activities.[4]

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Hubbard deputy assistant secretary of state for Public Affairs in 1964, the highest rank attained by a black woman at the time.[5] In this role, Hubbard developed programs to address racial discrimination against Black soldiers during the Vietnam War.[5] Hubbard retired in 1970 after the onset of Cushing's disease.[2]

Death[]

Hubbard died of congestive heart failure at age 82 on December 18, 1994 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Spangler, Michael. "The Moton Family: A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress" (PDF). Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "C. M. Hubbard, 82, Ex-State Dept. Aide (Published 1994)". The New York Times. 21 December 1994. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Charlotte Hubbard, First Black Woman Deputy Asst. Secretary of State, Dies in Maryland". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 9 January 1995. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "CHARLOTTE MOTON HUBBARD PAPERS". Digital Howard @ Howard University. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Charlotte Moton Hubbard Dies". Washington Informer. 28 December 1994.
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