Oct. 13 – BET
In 1950, President Harry Truman appointed Sampson an alternate delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations, making her the first African-American woman to serve as representative to the U.N. In her capacity as representative, she worked on issues of land reform, reparation of prisoners and repatriation of Greek children.
Read more: In Memoriam: Edith Sampson (JD ’25), First African-American Appointed to the United Nations