Asia – Afghanistan
Will Hurd (1977– )
William Ballard Hurd, the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, was the first African American Republican ever to be...
Al-Shabaab (2006- )
Al-Shabaab fighters disengage and lay down arms, September 2012 “Image Ownership: AMISOM Public Information” Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, more commonly known...
Reuben Earl Brigety II (1973- )
Reuben E. Brigety II was named the first African American President of the University of the South in 2020 but...
Pierre-Richard Prosper (1963– )
Pierre-Richard Prosper is an attorney and diplomat who turned his passion for the rule of law into a global pursuit...
C. Steven McGann (1951 – )
C. Steven McGann joined the Foreign Service in 1992 and has since attained the status of Career member, Senior Foreign...
Richard Lewis Baltimore, III (1947- )
Ambassador Richard Lewis Baltimore III was born on December 31, 1947 in New York City, New York to Judge Richard...
David Benjamin Bolen (1923- )
Outstanding college athlete and diplomat David Benjamin Bolen, the son of a postal worker, was born in the rural hamlet...
“Yes We Can”: Barack Obama’s Road to the White House, 2008
In the following account California State University, Fresno history professor Malik Simba summarizes the 2008 presidential campaign of Illinois Senator...
