“To suggest that war can prevent war is a base play on words and a despicable form of warmongering. The objective of any who sincerely believe in peace clearly must be to exhaust every honorable recourse in the effort to save the peace. The world has had ample evidence that war begets only conditions that beget further war.” – Ralph Bunche
Point #1
Bunche was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father, Fred Bunche, was a barber and his mother, Olive Agnes (née Johnson), was an amateur musician.
Point #2
Attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1927 as the valedictorian of his class.
Point #3
Earned a master’s degree in political science in 1928 and a doctorate in 1934, while he was already teaching in the Department of Political Science at Howard University. He was the first African American to gain a PhD in political science from an American university.
“To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.” – Ralph Bunche
Point #4
Ralph Bunche was a social science graduate and before World War II studied colonial policy in West Africa. He joined the staff of the Swedish social scientist Gunnar Myrdal, who was studying racial segregation in the USA. In World War II, Bunche became the first Afro-American to hold a top job in the State Department.
Point #5
First African-American man to be awarded the Peace Prize. He received it for having arranged a cease-fire between Israelis and Arabs during the war, which followed the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
Works cited
Ralph Bunche – Facts
Ralph Bunche – Wikipedia