Edward R. Dudley was the first Black U.S. ambassador, a lawyer, and a civil rights advocate. He worked with Thurgood Marshall at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, where he tried discrimination cases. He served as ambassador to Liberia from 1949 to 1953 and worked to change discriminatory practices in the U.S. State Department. After his diplomatic career ended, he went on to serve as a justice on the New York State Supreme Court.
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