EMBARASSING[sic] QUESTION: THE AMBASSADOR'S ABSENT GUESTS THE BRITISH ASK WHY NO COLORED AMERICANS
p.7
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Title
EMBARASSING[sic] QUESTION: THE AMBASSADOR'S ABSENT GUESTS THE BRITISH ASK WHY NO COLORED AMERICANS
p.7
p.7
Description
"It happened on the Fourth of July at the American Embassy in London, England.
On the sweeping, rolling green lines of a mansion which ones belong to Barbara Hutton, US ambassador John Hailey Whitney and his wife watch their guests arriving.
The men had stripes on their arms (arm forces) or stripes on their trousers (diplomats).
The women, blessed with a sunny day, where everything from trapeze look to the sack.
But something was wrong. It took me a while to realize what was missing- COLOR.
Not in the clothes. There’s plenty of that but colored skins.
This was a reception of Americans by Americans for Americans. Where are the color of Americans?
Two Sorts
I thought I saw one. But – when I approached him- “ I am the ambassador of Haiti, “smile the talk, good-looking Mr. Lafontant Jean.
Another dark face Dash “I am Clarence Simpson, the Liberian ambassador.”
The only color American I saw at the party was lovely offer a star Leontyne Price, of the Metropolitan and Covent Garden.
Mind you there were 3000 guess there.
Call I suppose the reason is that we invite two sort of people, “a slightly embarrassed American Embassy official told me.
“One: the residents Dash people who belong to the American Society in the American Club.
Quote And to: any American tourists in town who writes in for an invitation.”
I gave up trying to solve the mystery. But I think the embassy might have extended a special invitation to three colored American women who, recently, were refused rooms at London's Goring Hotel."
On the sweeping, rolling green lines of a mansion which ones belong to Barbara Hutton, US ambassador John Hailey Whitney and his wife watch their guests arriving.
The men had stripes on their arms (arm forces) or stripes on their trousers (diplomats).
The women, blessed with a sunny day, where everything from trapeze look to the sack.
But something was wrong. It took me a while to realize what was missing- COLOR.
Not in the clothes. There’s plenty of that but colored skins.
This was a reception of Americans by Americans for Americans. Where are the color of Americans?
Two Sorts
I thought I saw one. But – when I approached him- “ I am the ambassador of Haiti, “smile the talk, good-looking Mr. Lafontant Jean.
Another dark face Dash “I am Clarence Simpson, the Liberian ambassador.”
The only color American I saw at the party was lovely offer a star Leontyne Price, of the Metropolitan and Covent Garden.
Mind you there were 3000 guess there.
Call I suppose the reason is that we invite two sort of people, “a slightly embarrassed American Embassy official told me.
“One: the residents Dash people who belong to the American Society in the American Club.
Quote And to: any American tourists in town who writes in for an invitation.”
I gave up trying to solve the mystery. But I think the embassy might have extended a special invitation to three colored American women who, recently, were refused rooms at London's Goring Hotel."
Creator
Fielding, Henry
Publisher
Baltimore Afro-American
Date
1958-8-9
Collection
Citation
Fielding, Henry, “EMBARASSING[sic] QUESTION: THE AMBASSADOR'S ABSENT GUESTS THE BRITISH ASK WHY NO COLORED AMERICANS
p.7,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 25, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/419.
p.7,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 25, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/419.