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Ezekiel Ezra Smith (May 23, 1852 – December 6, 1933) was an American educator and diplomat.

He was born in Duplin County, North Carolina, the son of free blacks Alexander and Caroline Smith. He received a bachelor's degree from Shaw University in 1878, later receiving a doctorate. He was selected as the Principal and Chief Administrative Officer of the State Colored Normal School for State Colored Normal School, now Fayetteville State University in 1883 and continued in that position with short interruptions through 1933.

He served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from 1888 through 1890 and regimental adjutant of the Third North Carolina Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish–American War.

E. E. Smith High School, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is named in his honor.

References

1. NCpedia:Smith, Ezekiel Ezra
2. "North Carolina Historical markers". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2013-07-13.

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Commissioner and Consul General	Hanson
Minister Resident/Consul General	Seys Turner Smythe Garnet Smythe Hopkins Taylor E. E. Smith Clark McCoy Heard O. L. W. Smith Crossland Lyon Crum Buckner Curtis Johnson Hood Francis
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Mitchell Walton Lanier Dudley
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Dudley Locker Jones Mathews Rhetts Brown Westerfield Manfull Carter R. P. Smith Swing Perkins Bishop de Vos Myrick Blaney Booth Thomas-Greenfield Malac Boulware (acting) Elder McCarthy

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