[2] Serving as an extension of the school's physical education, the group was inspired by Williams' experience watching Ted Shawn's all-male company in 1933.
[5] Williams' assistant and co-director Charlotte Moton Hubbard also worked closely with the group as their mentor.
[7] The Hampton Creative Dance Group appeared at Bryn Mawr College's Goodhart Hall in Pennsylvania on November 9, 1937.
[4] Their Southern tour began in December 1940, with their first performance at Raleigh, North Carolina's Memorial Auditorium.
[9] For Booker T. Washington's induction into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on May 23, 1946, the group staged a dramatic pantomime about his life.