Ambassador Edward J. Perkins’ extraordinary 92-year journey is well documented in general terms but also more pointedly through his autobiography, “Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace.” Ambassador Perkins died on Nov. 7 at a hospital in Washington. He was 92. His daughter Katherine Perkins said the cause was complications of a stroke. Dr. Perkins, whose grandparents had been... Edward Perkins served as U.S. Ambassador on four occasions, more than all but two other African Americans. He was born Edward Joseph Perkins, Jr. on June 8, 1928, in Sterlington, Louisiana, to Edward Perkins, Sr. and Tiny Estella Noble.
Edward Perkins served as U.S. Ambassador on four occasions, more than all but two other African Americans. He was born Edward Joseph Perkins, Jr. on June 8, 1928, in Sterlington, Louisiana, to Edward Perkins, Sr. and Tiny Estella Noble. Edward J. Perkins, first Black U.S. ambassador to South Africa, died November 7 at a hospital in Washington, D.C. at the age of 92. When Edward Perkins went to South Africa as the first black U.S. ambassador to the then apartheid nation, he recalls its leader angrily telling him to stay out of the...
When Edward Perkins went to South Africa as the first black U.S. ambassador to the then apartheid nation, he recalls its leader angrily telling him to stay out of the...