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Robert Russa Moton

1867, Aug. 26 Born, Amelia County, Va. 1890 Graduated, Hampton Institute,Hampton, Va. 1891 Appointed commandant, male student cadet corps, Hampton Institute,Hampton, Va. 1905 Married Elizabeth Hunt Harris (died 1906) 1908 Married Jennie Dee Booth 1915 Elected principal, Tuskegee Institute,Tuskegee, Ala. 1918 France Republic of France United States United States Traveled to France at the request of President Woodrow Wilson to inspect black troops stationed there by the United States 1920 Published autobiography, Finding A Way Out (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co. 295 pp.) 1923 Played a leading role in the establishment of the Veterans Administration Hospital for Negroes,Tuskegee, Ala. 1927 Chairman, American National Red Cross, Colored Advisory Commission on the Mississippi Valley flood disaster 1929 Published What the Negro Thinks (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 267 pp.) 1930 Chairman, United States Commission on Education in Haiti 1935 Retired from Tuskegee Institute 1940, May 31 Died, Capahosic, Va.

Jennie Dee Booth Moton

1880, Feb. 26 Born, Gloucester County, Va. 1908 Married Robert Russa Moton 1924 1935 Director, Department of Women's Industries, Tuskegee Institute,Tuskegee, Ala. 1936 1942 Field officer, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Agriculture Department 1937 1941 President, National Association of Colored Women 1942, Dec. 23 Died, Hampton, Va.

Charlotte Moton Hubbard

1911, Nov. 27 Born, Hampton, Va. 1931 Graduated, Tuskegee Institute Junior College,Tuskegee, Ala. 1934 Graduated, Boston University, Sargent College of Physical Education,Boston, Mass. 1934 1941 Instructor of health and physical education, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. 1942 1945 Recreation representative, Office of Community War Services, Federal Security Agency,Washington, D.C. 1945 Married Maceo W. Hubbard (second husband) 1945 1949 Community relations advisor, Girl Scouts of the United States of America,New York, N.Y. 1950 1952 Director of field relations in commercial dietetics, Tuskegee Institute,Tuskegee, Ala. 1953 1958 Director of community service, WTOP-TV,Washington, D.C. 1958 1963 Public relations staff assistant, United Givers Fund,Washington, D.C. 1963 Bureau of Public Affairs, State Department,Washington, D.C. 1964 1970 Deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs 1970 Retired from State Department 1994, Dec. 18 Died, Chevy Chase, Md. From the guide to the Moton Family Papers, 1850-1991, (bulk 1930-1940), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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