Download or read book Black Diplomacy written by Michael L. Krenn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenn (history, U. of Miami) draws not only on government records, but also papers of the NAACP, African American newspapers and journals, and original interviews to explore the appointment of Black ambassadors to Third World and African nations during the post-war period. He traces the early attempts to integrate the State Department, the setbacks during the Eisenhower years, and the gains during the administrations of Kennedy and Johnson. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR