In April 1949, President Harry S. Truman offered Ralph Bunche a coveted position as the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern, South Asian and African affairs. The position would make Bunche, ...

Most of this blog’s readership was not around when this amazing man won the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1950. I wasn’t born yet, either, but in my house growing up, my brother and I knew Ralph Bunche’s name ...

The gulf between theory and practice is no where greater than in the political institutions of the United Nations (UN). The principles and objectives of the UN Charter represent an "ideal" for the ...

The legacy of Ralph Bunche / Benjamin Rivlin -- Race, class, and politics / John B. Kirby -- Civil rights and national security / Charles P. Henry -- Ralph Bunche the Africanist / Nathan Irvin Huggins ...

DETROIT – The first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Ralph J. Bunche, was a Detroit native. Bunche was born in Detroit in 1904. He moved with his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico ...

Ralph Bunche : African American intellectual / Martin Kilson -- Ralph Bunche and the dawn of Africanist scholarship / David Anthony -- The making of an Africanist : Ralph Bunche in South Africa, 1937 ...

That distinction is reserved for a man who never held a cabinet level position.It is hardly remembered that about 54 years ago, Ralph Johnson Bunche received the Noble Peace Prize for his successful ...

AFRICAN-AMERICA FANS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, HERE’S THE STORY OF DR. RALPH BUNCHE, WHO AT ONE TIME CALLED ALBUQUERQUE HOME. OH, ALL THE FAMOUS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH ...

What would Ralph Bunche do? It’s a question I have been pondering as the violence in the Middle East continues unabated and unmediated. It’s natural to think of Bunche, the renowned American diplomat ...

Viewing the film, Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey, in the classroom will not only stimulate student interest in the social studies, it offers many exciting possibilities for classroom instruction.