Black Diplomacy: African Americans and the State Department, 1945-1969

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M.E. Sharpe, 13. 1. 1999
A fascinating look at a previously ignored piece of our nation's history, Black Diplomacy covers integration of the State Department after 1945 and the subsequent appointments of Black ambassadors to Third World and African nations. In seven illuminating chapters, Krenn covers the efforts to integrate the State Department; the setbacks during the Eisenhower years; and the gains achieved during the administrations of JFK and LBJ. Not content with simply using traditional sources (federal and other governmental agency records), he gained fresh insights from the papers of the NAACP, African American newspapers, and journals of the period. He also conducted original interviews with Edward Dudley (America's first black ambassador), Richard Fox, Horace Dawson, Ronald Palmer, and Terrence Todman (never before interviewed--ambassador to six nations beginning in 1952, and an assistant secretary of state). This unique look at the period will be of interest to anyone attempting to understand both the history of the civil rights movement in the U.S. and America's Cold War relations with underdeveloped nations during the quarter century after World War II.
 

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Can Negroes Make Diplomats? AfricanAmericans and the Department of State 19451952
9
Playing CatchUp The Department of State and the World of Race 19451952
28
Integrating the LilyWhite Club AfricanAmericans in the Department of State 19451952
44
The Domination of Whites Must Go AfricanAmericans Diplomacy and Race 19531961
66
Token Gestures The Eisenhower Administration Race and Diplomacy 19531961
88
New Frontiers in Race Relations AfricanAmericans and US Foreign Policy 19611969
112
New Frontiers and the Old Boys Club Kennedy Johnson Foreign Policy and Race 19611969
131
Conclusion
163
Notes
173
Bibliography
205
Index
213
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