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Description

1. 2 linear ft. (1 storage carton, 1 flat box)

Summary

1. The Anne Forrester collection contains a range of personal and professional materials from 1959 to 2006, underlining Forrester's life-long pursuits as an Africanist. In the collection there are documents on the various international organizations that Forrester was associated with throughout her career, such as the African Communications Institute (ACI), the Global Rights Organization, the African Development Foundation (ADF), the Association of Black American Ambassadors, TransAfrica, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The collection also contains Forrester's academic papers, a screenplay, and published articles on Africa and African affairs.

Subject

1. African American government executives
2. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Mali
3. United Nations Africa
4. African American journalists
5. Global Rights (Organization)
6. Association of Black American Ambassadors
7. African Development Foundation (U.S.)
8. Women diplomats > United States
9. Ambassadors > United States
10. African Americans > Politics and government
11. United Nations Development Programme
12. African American newspapers > New York (State) > New York
13. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Liberia
14. African Communications Institute
15. African American diplomats
16. African American women
17. Forrester, Elizabeth J 1916-1991
18. United States > Foreign relations > Africa
19. TransAfrica (Organization)
20. Women in the civil service

Call number

1. Sc MG 838

Source (note)

1. Forrester Estate

Biography (note)

1. Anne Forrester, activist, political scientist, Africanist, diplomat, and international civil servant, began her career as a pan-African scholar and activist then later turned to diplomacy. She served as the American ambassador to Mali from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration. At that time she was the third Black woman ever to be appointed to the position. Forrester joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1985 and remained with the UN until she retired in 2001.

Author

1. Forrester, Anne, 1941-2006.

Title

1. Anne Forrester collection, 1955-2006.

Biography

1. Anne Forrester, activist, political scientist, Africanist, diplomat, and international civil servant, began her career as a pan-African scholar and activist then later turned to diplomacy. She served as the American ambassador to Mali from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration. At that time she was the third Black woman ever to be appointed to the position. Forrester joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1985 and remained with the UN until she retired in 2001.

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Research call number

1. Sc MG 838