Ralph Bunche with an unidentified man and woman, 1958

Item Overview

Title

Ralph Bunche with an unidentified man and woman, 1958

Alternative title

Ralph Bunche and family

Date Created

April 1958

Date

1958-04

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Ralph Bunche (center) with an unidentified man and woman.
Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be so honored in the history of the prize. He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. In 1963, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy. [Wikipedia]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American political scientists
African American diplomats
Nobel prize winners