The late Dr. John H. Morrow Sr. was one of the highest-ranking Black diplomats of his time. He was he first U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, and was the first American representative of UNESCO. John Howard Morrow was born February 5th, 1910 in Hackensack, N.J. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University, […]

Ebenezer D. Bassett was the first African-American diplomat, serving as an ambassador to Haiti shortly after the Civil War. Bassett was honored this past weekend in New Haven, Conn. for the state’s annual Freedom Trail celebration. Bassett was born October 16, 1833 in the town of Derby to free parents. Bassett’s parents, both free, were […]