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Edward Richard Dudley

1911–2005

United States

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Edward Richard Dudley (March 11, 1911 – February 8, 2005) was an American lawyer, judge, civil rights activist and the first African American to hold the rank of Ambassador of the United States, as ambassador to Liberia from 1949 to 1953.

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