File:Clifton Wharton Sr. swearing-in (40741576093).png
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| Description | Clifton R. Wharton Sr. being sworn in as Ambassador to Romania, February 1958. In the center is Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. (May 11, 1899 – April 25, 1990) was an American diplomat, and the first African-American diplomat to become an ambassador by rising through the ranks of the Foreign Service rather than by political appointment. He also became the first black Foreign Service Officer to become chief of a diplomatic mission. Photo credit: State Dept. |
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| Author | IIP Photo Archive from Washington, DC, USA |
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