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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NAME OF PERSON:RALPHJ BUNCHE

BY: AMYA MCGEHEE CLASS:CORE 4

INTRODUCTION SLIDE

  • Place of birth:Detroit,Michigan
  • Facts about early life:Both parents died when he was young. Him and his sister relocated to Los Angeles
  • Educational background: Bunche was a brilliant student,a debater the valedictorian of his graduating class at Jefferson high school
  • He earned a masters degree in political science in 1928 and a doctorate in 1934, while teaching in Howard university's department.
  • He died of natural causes in December 1971.

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  • In 1950 Bunche was awarded the Nobel price award.
  • uated in 1927 as valedictorian of his class and a member of Phi Beta Kappa
  • In 1951, Bunche was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award by the National Boy Scouts of America for his work in scouting and positive impact for the

HIGHLIGHT SLIDE

  • He was an African American scholar,educator,and diplomat, achieved national and international prominence
  • Bunche was active and vocal supporter of the civil rights movement
  • On January 12, 1982, the United States Postal Service issued a Great Americans series 20¢ postage stamp in his honor.

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  • Bunche's successful mediation of the Palestine conflict, which resulted in the signing of Armistice Agreements in 1949 between Israel and four Arab states, was a feat of international diplomacy that is unparalleled in the long history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It won him the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, the first time that a person of color had been so honored.
  • Ralph Bunche Road in Nairobi, Kenya, is named after him.
  • One of the historically black beaches in Florida, from the age of segregation, has been named Bunche Beach, near Ft. Myers.

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  • In 1996, Howard University named its international affairs center, a physical facility and associated administrative programs, the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center. The Center is the site of lectures and internationally oriented programming.
  • One of the historically black beaches in Florida, from the age of segregation, has been named Bunche Beach, near Ft. Myers.

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