Edith Sampson (1901-1979) was an American lawyer, diplomat and civil rights advocate known for being the first African-American to officially represent the United States at the United Nations, appointed in 1950.

Mar 19, 2007 · In 1950, Edith Spurlock Sampson became the first African American named to the permanent United States delegation to the United Nations (UN). While working at the UN, Sampson went on several international lecture tours and held membership on the U.S. delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Aug 28, 2024 · Edith Spurlock Sampson became the first African American woman to be named to the United States Delegation to the United Nations.

May 17, 2018 · Edith Sampson (c. 1901-1979) became America's first African American female judge after succeeding as a social worker, a lawyer, and an international advocate for democracy and free market trade. As a representative of the State Department during the Cold War, Sampson traveled around the world, defending the United States against Soviet propaganda.

Edith Sampson was born in Pittsburgh on this date in 1898. She was the first Black woman elected judge to a municipal court. Edith Spurlock was born one of seven children.

On August 24, 1950, Edith Spurlock Sampson, an attorney of African American heritage, became the first African American of either gender to become a United States delegate to the United Nations.

Aug 29, 2021 · On August 24 th, 1950, President Harry S. Truman appointed Chicago lawyer Edith Sampson to the permanent U.S. delegation to the United Nations. She became the first Black woman to ever serve in the capacity.

Oct 11, 1979 · Judge Edith Spurlock Sampson, 76 years old, the first black woman elected to the Illinois bench, died Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The judge, who retired from the bench...

On August 24, 1950, President Harry S. Truman appointed Sampson as an alternate delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and she was the first African-American woman to serve...

Aug 24, 2024 · President Truman appointed Edith S. Sampson as an alternate U.S, delegate to the United Nations on August 24, 1950, thereby making her the first African American representative in the United Nations from the United States. While in the United Nations Sampson was a member of the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee.