Charlotte Hubbard, first black woman deputy asst. secretary of state, dies in Maryland

Jet, Jan 9, 1995

Charlotte Moton Hubbard, the daughter of Tuskegee Institute President Robert Moton and the first Black woman to attain the rank of deputy assistant secretary of state, died at her Chevy Chase, MD, home. She had Cushings Disease and was 82.

Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Ms. Hubbard worked behind the scenes to help develop programs to eliminate racial discrimination against Black soldiers during the Vietnam War. She supervised the Vietnam Coordination Staff, the Office of Media Services, and the Office of Public Services. She had devoted nearly three decades to education and public relations before joining the State Department.

Born in Hampton, VA, she grew up on the Tuskegee campus and was educated there, also at Boston University and Bennington College.

She was married to Atty. Maceo Hubbard, a U.S. Justice Department civil rights division lawyer.

Mrs. Hubbard is survived by two sisters, Catherine Paterson of Exeter, NH, and Jennie Moton Taylor of Indianapolis, IN.