Black History Month 2019 is coming to an end, but there is still time to celebrate the achievements of Black Expats, and Travelers who led the way Living A Global Lifestyle for Entertainment, Art, and Work.
Josephine Baker
Ralph Bunche was an Undersecretary General to the United Nations. He was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960.
Colin Powell is the First African American to be appointed U.S. Secretary of State.
Clifton R. Wharton was the first African American to enter the Foreign Service. Wharton worked within several embassies and consulates including Liberia, Madagascar, and Portugal. He was also the Consul General in Marseilles, France a minister for Romania, and the U.S. Ambassador to Norway
Patricia Roberts Harris was the U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg. She was the first African American woman named as an American Ambassador.
Frederick Douglass is well known for his work against slavery. He also served as the Minister resident and Consul General to Haiti in 1889.
Nina Simone was an perennial expatriate, having lived in Barbados, Liberia, Switzerland, and France.
James Baldwin left the United States and moved to Paris. Baldwin spoke French fluently and eventually made a home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence in the south of France.
Josephine Baker was an American Expat who settled in France and became a French entertainer and activist.
Richard Wright was an American expatriate author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. He moved to Paris in 1946 where he became friends with French writer Jean-Paul Sartre and fellow expat writer Chester Himes
