The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Horace G. Dawson

6/6/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.122

Academic administrator and foreign ambassador The Honorable Horace G. Dawson (1926 - ) was ambassador to Botswana under president Jimmy Carter and established an International Affairs Center at Howard University where he was director of the public affairs program. Dawson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 6/6/2003, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 7; Total Run Time: 03h 03m 25s

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Dawson, Horace G. (Horace Greeley), 1926-

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Former ambassador Horace G. Dawson, Jr. was born in Augusta, Georgia, on January 30, 1926. After graduation from high school, Dawson attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania for two years before being drafted into the U.S. Army, serving a two-year tour of duty in Europe and the Philippines. Dawson then returned to Lincoln University to finish his studies, earning a B.A. in English in 1949. Dawson went on to study English and comparative literature at Columbia University and received his M.A. ...