Charles H. Matthews, Sr. (left), Ralph Bunche and his wife, Ruth Bunche, and daughter, Joan Bunche, at the Wilfandel Club, 1959

Title: Charles H. Matthews, Sr. (left), Ralph Bunche and his wife, Ruth Bunche, and daughter, Joan Bunche, at the Wilfandel Club, 1959
Alternative title: Ralph Bunche and family
Date Created: June 13, 1959
Collection: OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection

Description: Charles H. Matthews, Sr. (left), host of a reception for Ralph Bunche and his wife, Ruth Bunche, and daughter, Joan Bunche, at the Wilfandel Club.
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]

Genre: photographs
Subject topic: African American political scientists
Nobel prize winners
African American diplomats
Names: Wilfandel Club of Los Angeles
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971
Bunche, Ruth Harris
Pierce, Jane, 1933-1966
Subject geographic: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.032959
Latitude: -118.322132
Resource type: still image