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1943 - First African President Visits White House

On May 26, 1943, President Edwin Barclay of Liberia became the first African head of state to pay an official visit to a U.S. president at the White House. His meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt symbolized the strengthening of diplomatic ties between the United States and Africa during World War II.

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