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  • American Experience The American Diplomat (Season 34, Episode 2)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

The American Diplomat (Season 34, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Discover how 3 Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the US State Dept. during the Cold War. Asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home, they left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.
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Composer
Matthew Head (music by)
Status
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Updated Feb 15, 2022

Release date
Feb 15, 2022 (United States)

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40 cast members
Name Known for
Andre Braugher
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Edward R. Dudley
Self - Former United States Ambassador to Liberia (archive footage) Self - Former United States Ambassador to Liberia (archive footage)   See fewer
Carl Rowan
Self - Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Terence Todman
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark & Argentina (archive footage) Self - U.S. Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark & Argentina (archive footage)   See fewer
Adriane Lentz-Smith
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Robeson Taj Frazier
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Mary Dudziak
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Carol Anderson
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Edward Dudley Jr.
Self - Son of Edward R. Dudley Self - Son of Edward R. Dudley   See fewer
Brenda Gayle Plummer
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Michael Krenn
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
James Dandridge
Self - Foreign Service Officer and Todman Family Friend Self - Foreign Service Officer and Todman Family Friend   See fewer
Doris Todman
Self - Wife of Terence Todman Self - Wife of Terence Todman   See fewer
Nicholas Cull
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Jeffrey Rowan
Self - Son of Carl Rowan Self - Son of Carl Rowan   See fewer
Aurelia Brazeal
Self - United States Ambassador to Kenya, Ethiopia & the Federated States of Micronesia, (as Ambassador Aurelia Brazeal) Self - United States Ambassador to Kenya, Ethiopia & the Federated States of Micronesia, (as Ambassador Aurelia Brazeal)   See fewer
Irvin Hicks Jr.
Self - Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service Self - Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service   See fewer
Ebenezer Bassett
Self - U.S. Minister to Haiti (archive footage) Self - U.S. Minister to Haiti (archive footage)   See fewer
Beatrice Carson
Self - Stenographer, U.S. Embassy, Rome (archive footage) Self - Stenographer, U.S. Embassy, Rome (archive footage)   See fewer
Frederick Douglass
Self - U.S. Minister to Haiti (archive footage) Self - U.S. Minister to Haiti (archive footage)   See fewer
John Foster Dulles
Self - United States Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - United States Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - 34th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 34th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph Grew
Self - United States Under Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - United States Under Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Merv Griffin
Self - Host, Merv Griffin Show (archive footage) Self - Host, Merv Griffin Show (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Hanson Jr.
Self - Vice-Consul in Consulate-General's Office, Switzerland (archive footage) Self - Vice-Consul in Consulate-General's Office, Switzerland (archive footage)   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Ahti Karjalainen
Self - Prime Minister of Finland (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Finland (archive footage)   See fewer
Urho Kekkonen
Self - President of Finland (archive footage) Self - President of Finland (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Nikita Khrushchev
Self - Premier of the Soviet Union (archive footage) Self - Premier of the Soviet Union (archive footage)   See fewer
Rupert Lloyd Jr.
Self - Second Secretary of Embassy, France (archive footage) Self - Second Secretary of Embassy, France (archive footage)   See fewer
Thurgood Marshall
Self - Head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (archive footage) Self - Head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph McCarthy
Self - U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (archive footage) Self - U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (archive footage)   See fewer
Jawaharlal Nehru
Self - Prime Minister of India (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of India (archive footage)   See fewer
Kwame Nkrumah
Self - President of Ghana (archive footage) Self - President of Ghana (archive footage)   See fewer
Sylvanus Olympio
Self - Prime Minister of Togo (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Togo (archive footage)   See fewer
John Peurifoy
Self - Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry S. Truman
Self - 33rd President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 33rd President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Clifton R. Wharton Sr.
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Norway & Romania (archive footage) Self - U.S. Ambassador to Norway & Romania (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter White
Self - Executive Secretary of the NAACP (archive footage) (as Walter White:) Self - Executive Secretary of the NAACP (archive footage) (as Walter White:)   See fewer
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