Brenda Brown Schoonover

Brenda Brown Schoonover, a native of Maryland, retired from the U.S. State Department Foreign Service in 2004 after more than thirty years of U.S. Government service. In addition to her...

On Being an American

I learned something I could not have learned at home during that period in our history. I learned to be an American as opposed to being a “Negro in America” negotiating the restrictions...