, Rowan became the first African American to hold a seat on the National Security Council. Information Agency (January 1964 to July 1965). Rowan went on to serve in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations as ambassador to Finland (January 1963 to January 1964) and as the director of the U. The controversy resulted in the withdrawal of President Kennedy's application to the club when Kennedy's sponsor resigned in protest. The Cosmos Club then passed a rule prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, but Rowan's nomination was never resurrected. During this time, Rowan became the center of controversy with the rejection of his application for membership in the prestigious Cosmos Club-whose membership qualifications included meritorious work in science, literature, the learned professions, and public service-on racial grounds. He accompanied then Vice President Johnson on a tour through Southeast Asia, India and Europe. He was involved in the area of news coverage of increasing US military involvement in Vietnam and was also part of the negotiating team that secured the exchange of Francis Gary Powers, who was shot down over the Soviet Union. He was responsible for press relations of the State Department. In January 1961 Rowan accepted an appointment as deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the Kennedy administration. While his books received favorable acclaim, Rowan's writing skills were most commonly acknowledged for his journalism. A third book, Go South to Sorrow, was published in 1957. These led to a second well-received book: The Pitiful and the Proud (1956), which was based upon his observations while in the Orient. He then spent a year in India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia writing columns during 1954. The articles also served as the basis for South of Freedom, his first book (1952). The articles earned several local accolades and contributed to Rowan being the first African American recipient of the Minneapolis "Outstanding Young Man" award. Among his early pieces were a series of columns entitled How Far from Slavery? which he wrote after returning to the South to study racial issues. He became a general assignment reporter in 1950. Upon completion of his graduate studies Rowan joined the Minneapolis Tribune as a copyreader.
(age 75) Ravenscroft, Tennessee, United StatesĪs a youth Rowan worked hoeing bulb grass for 10 cents an hour, later performing hard manual labor for 25 cents an hour when there was work available.
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