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

Item Overview
- 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
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OpenUCLA Collections
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Notes
- Description
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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]
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- photographs
- Subject topic
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African American political scientists
Nobel prize winners
African American diplomats - Names
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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