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Black Diplomats Breaking Barriers In “The American Diplomat”

Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan
“American Experience” / PBS
Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan

Tonight (Tues 2/15) at 9 PM on our public media partner WTCI PBS, “American Experience” presents “The American Diplomat.”

The new documentary tells the story of three pioneering Black diplomats who broke racial barriers at the U.S. State Department during the early years of the Cold War and the civil rights movement of the last century.

One of the diplomats, Carl Rowan, came from Tennessee.

Leola Calzolai-Stewart is the director of “The American Diplomat.”

“The American Diplomat” title card
“American Experience” / PBS
“The American Diplomat” title card

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