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Jesse Dwight Locker (May 31, 1891 College Hill, Cincinnati - April 10, 1955 Monrovia, Liberia) was an attorney, politician and when he was appointed the American Ambassador to Liberia,[1] was the second black American appointed as Ambassador.[2]
His father, Laban Locker, was the first black minister in Ohio to be ordained in the Christian Church. Jesse graduated valedictorian of his class at College Hill High School and graduated from Howard University with a law degree in 1945. He returned to Cincinnati and spent 35 years practicing law. He was elected to the Cincinnati City Council, on the Republican ticker, in 1941, serving almost 12 years. He was the first African American elected to the Council. In 1951, Locker was elected it's PresIdent. Locker also was President of the segregated Hamilton County Bar Association for Negro Lawyers.[2]
While Ambassador, Locke led “the multi-faceted negotiations between the private sector (Pan American and US Airlines), the government of Liberia, and the United States, with regards to the operations of the Roberts Field airport, the first international airport in Liberia.”[2]
Locker suffered a stroke on April 4, 1955 in Monrovia and he died there on April 10th.[2]
References
- ^ "FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1952–1954, AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA, VOLUME XI, PART 1". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d McLellan, Carlton. "JESSIE DWIGHT LOCKER (1891-1955)". BlackPasr. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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