Moton family

Biographical Notes

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)