page_title: Edith S. Sampson
hierarchical_section_title: Edith S. Sampson
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Portrait of Edith Sampson] / Edith Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print&#160;: gelatin silver.
context_page_description: Edith Spurlock Sampson was an American lawyer and judge, and the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations on 24 August 1950. She conceded that Black people did not have equal rights in America but she said "I would rather be a Negro in America than a citizen in any other land".
context_section_description: Edith Spurlock Sampson (October 13, 1901– October 8, 1979) was an  American lawyer and judge, and the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations on 24 August 1950. She conceded that Black people did not have equal rights in America but she said "I would rather be a Negro in America than a citizen in any other land".
caption: Edith Sampson in 1949,
   photographed by Carl Van Vechten
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