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Hugh H. Smythe

1913–1977

United States

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Hugh Heyne Smythe (August 19, 1913 – June 22, 1977) was an American author, sociologist, diplomat and professor. He was the tenth African-American ambassador and the first to a Middle Eastern country.

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