Charlotte Moton Hubbard

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. She had two sisters: Catherine and Jennie. Charlotte Moton married Maceo W. Hubbard, an attorney with the United States Department of Justice and civil rights activist, on December 29, 1949. They were married until his death in 1991. == 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. 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. Following the end of World War II, Hubbard worked and consulted in public relations with a variety of organizations, including the Girl Scouts of America, the Tuskegee Institute, and the United Givers Fund. She joined the State Department in 1963 as a coordinator of women's activities. 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. In this role, Hubbard developed programs to address racial discrimination against Black soldiers during the Vietnam War. Hubbard retired in 1970 after the onset of Cushing's disease. == Death ==

Hubbard died of congestive heart failure at the age of 82 on December 18, 1994, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. == References ==