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Charles Dunbar Burgess King (1875–1961) was a politician in Liberia of Freetown Creole descent (both of King's parents were ethnic Creoles). He was a member of the True Whig Party, which ruled the country from 1878 until 1980. He served as the 17th President of Liberia from 1920 until 1930.

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• There must be a solidifying of our populations into one compact whole. The various indigenous tribes must be brought into the body politic, taught the duties and responsibilities of civilized government. Into them must be infused or inculcated an appreciative knowledge and understanding of hopes and aspirations of the Fathers who established this nation. There should be no words known in our National Vocabulary of Speech or even of thought as "Americo-Liberian"; "the country-man"; "the new-comer"; "the Sierra Leone man"; or such like terms of designating the various elements of our population.
  • Third Inaugural Address (January 2, 1928)

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Charles D. B. King

President of Liberia from 1920 to 1930

Charles Dunbar Burgess King (12 March 1875 – 4 September 1961) was a Liberian politician who served as the 17th president of Liberia from 1920 to 1930. He was of Americo-Liberian and Sierra Leone Creole descent. He was a member of the True Whig Party, which ruled the country from 1878 until 1980.

King was Attorney General from 1904 until 1912, and Secretary of State of Liberia from 1912 until he was elected president in 1919. In this capacity, he attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and the accompanying First Pan-African Congress. Though a moderate supporter of reform, he continued to support the patronage machine and corrupt dominance of the True Whig Party.

President King's administration was marked by scandal. His economic agenda and development plan consistently fell short of expectations; and while literacy rates increased with broader access to public education, his presidency is best known for a string of

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Charles D. B. King

POLITICIAN

1875 - 1961

Charles D. B. King

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles D. B. King has received more than 990,797 page views. His biography fryst vatten available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles D. B. King is the 9,302nd most popular politician (up from 11,957th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Liberia (up from 8th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Liberian Politician.

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Among politicians, Charles D. B. King ranks 9,302 out of 19,57