Although African Americans including Frederick Douglass and Ebenezer Basset had represented the U.S. on the global stage before, Edward Dudley was the first to hold the title of Ambassador. Watch THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT now streaming → https://to.pbs.org/3g9Ciiq | American Experience | PBS

The State Department had a reputation: "pale, male, and Yale." This was the world that Edward Dudley entered into in the late 1940s. THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT premieres Tue Feb 15 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-diplomat | American Experience | PBS

How Carl Rowan, the highest-ranking Black man in the US government at the time, saved the footage of the March on Washington. Watch THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT now streaming → https://to.pbs.org/3g9Ciiq | American Experience | PBS

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Ceremony | EmoNews

23K views · 143 reactions | 'The award encourages young people to think differently about what they do.' Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, paralympic champion and chair of trustees of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, reflects on the benefits of the scheme - which was set up by Prince Philip in 1956. Read about how Philip was laid to rest: https://trib.al/GHKq8cM | Sky News | Facebook

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award scheme - which encourages millions of young people to challenge themselves through community service and physical activity - is one Prince Phillip’s lasting legacies. | Sky News Australia