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Podcast: Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing
Episode: Honoring America’s first Black Ambassador Edward Dudley
Description: Buzz4Good creator Michael Hemphill introduces perhaps the most famous Roanoke, Virginia, citizen you’ve never heard of: Edward Dudley, a pioneering civil rights lawyer who became the first African-American ambassador in United States history. So unknown is Ambassador Dudley’s remarkable life that even Roanoke’s preeminent historian, former mayor Nelson Harris, wasn’t aware of it until he began researching an unrelated book about Roanoke in the 1940s. Here's Michael's conversation with Harris about Edward Dudley’s incredible legacy.Later on the show, we reminisce about our recent BUZZ concert featuring the phenomenal jazz and bluegrass...