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Dr. '''Ralph Johnson Bunche''' (August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was the first African-American to receive the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
Dr. '''Ralph Johnson Bunche''' (August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was the first [[African-American]] to receive the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
In 1936 Bunche authored a pamphlet entitled A World View of Race. In it Bunche wrote: "And so class will some day supplant race in world affairs. Race war will then be merely a side-show to the gigantic [[class war]] which will be waged in the big tent we call the world."
In 1936 Bunche authored a pamphlet titled "A World View of Race." In it Bunche wrote: "And so class will some day supplant race in world affairs. Race war will then be merely a side-show to the gigantic [[class war]] which will be waged in the big tent we call the world."
Bunche spent time during [[World War II]] in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (the predecessor of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]) before joining the [[State Department]]. In 1943, Bunche went to the [[State Department]] where he became associate chief of the division of dependent area affairs under [[Alger Hiss]]. He became, with Hiss, one of the leaders of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]] (IPR).
Bunche spent time during [[World War II]] in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (the predecessor of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]) before joining the [[State Department]] in 1943, where he became associate chief of the division of dependent area affairs under [[Alger Hiss]]. He became, with Hiss, one of the leaders of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]] (IPR).
He participated in the preliminary planning for the [[United Nations]] at the San Francisco Charter Conference of 1945, and in 1946 he was a member of the first U.S. delegation to the U.N. He then became an employee of the U.N.
He participated in the preliminary planning for the [[United Nations]] at the San Francisco Charter Conference of 1945, and in 1946 he was a member of the first U.S. delegation to the U.N. He then became an employee of the U.N.