J. Milton Turner was appointed as U.S. Minister Resident to Liberia, becoming the first Black diplomat formally accredited to an African country. Although James W. Mason was named to the same post in March 1870, he never traveled to Liberia. Turner’s appointment marked a significant step in Black American participation in U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.
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