After practicing law for a number of years, Michael Jay Friedman returned to school and earned a doctorate in U.S. political and diplomatic history. Today he heads the State Department team that produces books and other print publications describing American life, history, and culture to foreign audiences. Michael is the author of Free At Last: The U.S. Civil Rights Movement and other Department publications. He practices democracy at home, but routinely is outvoted by his wife and daughter.
