Luncheon for Liberian president's party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. Shown at the president's table (seated, left to right) are: Brigadier General <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_O._Davis,_Sr.&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (page does not exist)">Benjamin O. Davis</a>, U.S. Army military aide to President Barclay; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tubman" class="extiw" title="w:William Tubman">W.V.S. Tubman</a>, President-elect of Liberia; President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Barclay" class="extiw" title="w:Edwin Barclay">Barclay</a>; Dr. Emmet J. Scott, Chairman of the Committee on Invitation; and Captain Alford Russ, chief of the Liberian frontier force. Standing (left to right) are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Woodward" class="extiw" title="w:Stanley Woodward">Stanley Woodward</a>, Frederick Hibbard and Henry S. Villard, State Department; and Walter F. Walker, Liberian Consul General at New York.
Smith, Roger, photographer.
1943-05-29
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