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.