Letter of clearance from the United States Civil Service Commission to the Secretary of State for transmission to the Secretary General of the United Nations, confirming Bunche's loyalty to the United States government
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]
Newsweek National Affairs column on the incident of race discrimination by the West Side Tennis Club against Ralph Bunche, Jr., son of UN diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph J. Bunche. Article includes an AP photo of Ralph Bunche, Jr. with the caption: "...as Ralph Bunche Jr. found out".
Letter from White, Secretary of the NAACP, requesting from Bunche a statement regarding the contributions of the NAACP. Typewritten on official stationary of the NAACP.
The article addresses the issue of increasing participation of African Americans in Chicago politics. This is the first article published by Bunche, National Municipal Review, Vol. XVII, No. 5, May 1928. This is the copy of the article as marked by the magazine editor and sent to the printer
Newspaper article, topped by a 13 x 24 cm. photograph with the caption: "Scenes like this from Birmingham, with police dogs used against negro demonstrators, have caused "very bad reactions" in Asia, Africa and Europe, says Ralph Bunche, Negro United Nations undersecretary, Bunche believes the situation climaxes a long struggle". Article also includes a photograph of Ralph Bunche with the caption : Ralph J. Bunche "Built-in impatience". Also includes a political cartoon by Justus, Minneapolis Star, with the caption: Extra! Extra! U.S. Race Riots All About the Race Riots in America
Memorandum about the status of African American military personnel in England vis a vis relations between African Americans and the British and between African Americans and white Americans
Letter sent from the Stanley Palace Hotel, Avenue Moulaert, Leopoldville. Bunche writes of the revolt and his concerns about the Congo and expresses his love for his family.
Harry H. Adams was active as a photographer in the Los Angeles area during the 1950s-1980s. He photographed the African-American community as a freelance photographer and also did work for the Los Angeles Sentinel and the California Eagle newspapers.
House where Ralph Bunche lived with his grandmother, Lucy Johnson, and sister, Grace Bunche, at 1221 East 37th Street (later changed to 1221 East 41st Street).
Certificate presented to Ralph J. Bunche upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize by his son Ralph Bunche, Jr. Certificate created by a professional calligrapher (signed, Anthony '50) with modern day decorations including initial foliate "D" along the left-hand side and pastel colored pebbles along the bottom