Asia – Qatar
Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982– )
Veronica Campbell-Brown is a Jamaican track and field sprinter, who competes in 100- and 200- meter races. She is one of only nine athletes to win...
George Edward Curry (1947–2016)
George Edward Curry was an American journalist who was considered by many of his colleagues the “dean of Black press...
Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1964)
The island of Zanzibar, now a part of Tanzania, was a nineteenth century East African trading empire that fell under...
Reuben Earl Brigety II (1973- )
Reuben E. Brigety II was named the first African American President of the University of the South in 2020 but...
Kenton Wesley Keith (1939- )
On May 26, 1992, career diplomat Kenton Wesley Keith was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as U.S....
Johnny Young (1940- )
Ambassador Johnny Young was a career diplomat and the third African American to be appointed ambassador by three presidents. In...
Elizabeth Davenport McKune (1947- )
Ambassador Elizabeth Davenport McKune was born on November 15, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. She became a Foreign Service officer in...
Marguerita Ragsdale (1948- )
Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale was born in April 1948 in Richmond, Virginia to Lillie and Vernon Ragsdale and raised alongside her...
