(ralph johnson)

Collects ten essays that were featured at a conference that was held in June 2004 at University of California in Los Angeles to commemorate Ralph J. Bunche, a founding father of the United Nations, who was a key figure in planning the international trusteeship system that paved the way for the decolonization process in Africa and Asia following World War II.

A biography of Ralph Bunche, the African-American who won the Nobel peace prize in 1950. Text and photographs depict the tireless fighter for peace and human dignity who rose from modest circumstances to become the foremost mediator and peacekeeper of his time.

Presents a biography, stressing the value of responsibility, of the Afro-American who was instrumental in the establishment of the United Nations.

Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.

Discusses the personal and professional life of the statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.

Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.

Offers a brief overview of the life and career of African-American politician Ralph Bunche.

A biography of a man internationally famous for his efforts towards world peace.

A brief history of the Nobel Prizes and a biography of the man who founded them accompanies biographies of four Americans who received the Nobel Peace Prize.