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Edward Dudley saw that Black foreign service officers were restricted to the “Negro Circuit,” serving in just a handful of countries while white officers were transferred all over the world.

(Photo Credit: Historical Society of the New York Courts) The historical marker will commemorate the life and legacy of Edward Dudley as the first African American to serve as a U.S. ambassador.