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Ralph Bunche

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Diplomat, educator, civil rights activist and the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner (1904-1971)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1904 to 1971 · aged 67
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Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is the first black Nobel laureate and the first person of African descent to be awarded a Nobel Prize.

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Ralph Bunche (top right) and members of his staff during WW2. He was the head of the Africa Research Section of the Office of Strategic Services. Declassified.Ralph Bunche (top right) and members of his staff during WW2. He was the head of the Africa Research Section of the Office of Strategic Services. Declassified.Ralph Bunche with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, 12 December 1948Ralph Bunche with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, 12 December 1948Bunche at the 1963 March on WashingtonBunche at the 1963 March on Washington

Awards 3

1963Presidential Medal of Freedom
1950Nobel Peace Prize
1949Spingarn Medal

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About this person

Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is the first black Nobel laureate and the first person of African descent to be awarded a Nobel Prize. He was involved in the formation and early administration of the United Nations (UN), serving as the under‑secretary‑general and briefly the acting secretary-general in 1953, and played a major role in both the decolonization process and numerous UN peacekeeping operations.

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United States
Category
Politicians
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Public Official
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1971 · aged 67
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