African American Voice in U.S. Foreign Policy Since World War II

<p>Following World War II America was witness to two great struggles. The first was on<br>the international front and involved the fight for freedom around the globe as millions<br>of people in Asia and Africa rose up to throw off their European colonial masters. In<br>the decades following 1945 dozens of new nations joined the ranks of independent<br>countries. Following the Civil War the African-American voice in U.S. foreign affairs<br>continued to grow. In the late nineteenth century a few African-Americans — such as<br>Frederick Douglass — even served as U.S. diplomats to the black republics of Liberia<br>and Haiti. When America began its overseas thrust during the 1890s African-American<br>opinion was divided.</p>