Ezekiel Ezra Smith, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEzekiel Ezra Smith
American diplomat
Date of Birth: 23-May-1852
Date of Death: 06-Dec-1933
Profession: diplomat
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Ezekiel Ezra Smith
- Ezekiel Ezra Smith (also E.E.
- Smith; May 23, 1852 – December 6, 1933) was an African-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.
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- Smith High School, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is named in his honor.
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