US Ambassador

Continuing on with this week's theme,  I am going to highlight the very first African-American U.S. Ambassador. Ebenezer D. Bassett was appointed U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in 1869, making him the first African American diplomat.  For eight years, the educator, abolitionist, and black rights activist oversaw bilateral relations through bloody civil warfare and coups … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Historical Firsts