What is Ralph Bunche?
[[File:Ralph Bunche - 1963 March on Washington.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Ralph Bunche]] '''Ralph Bunche''' (7 August 1903 – 9 December 1971) was an [[Americans|American]] [[political scientist]] and [[diplomat]]. He received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1950. He won it for leading peace talks in [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]] in the late 1940s. He was the first [[African American]] person to win the prize. Bunche was involved in the formation and administration of the [[United Nations]]. In 1963, he was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom|Medal of Freedom]] by President [[John F. Kennedy]]. For more than 20 years, Bunche served as [[chairman]] of the Department of Political Science at [[Howard University]] (1928 to 1950). He also taught at the university. He served as a member of the Board of Overseers of [[Harvard Univesity]] (1960–1965) from which he had. He also served as a member of the board of the [[Institute of International Education]] and as a trustee of [[Oberlin College]], [[Lincoln University]], and [[New Lincoln School]]. {{African American topics}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunche, Ralph}} [[Category:1903 births]] [[Category:1971 deaths]] [[Category:American diplomats]] [[Category:American Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Nobel Peace Prize winners]] [[Category:Arab–Israeli conflict]] {{US-bio-stub}}