Ralph Bunche

Ralph Bunche  was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine. He was the first African American and first person of color to be so honored. For more than two decades, Bunche served as chair of the Department of Political Science at Howard University (1928 to 1950), where he also … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Nobel Laureates