| In 1950 Ralph Johnson Bunche became the first black man to win the Nobel Peace Prize after negotiating a settlement to the Arab-Israeli disputes of 1948 and 1949. An American scholar and diplomat, Bunche helped write the charter for the newly organized United Nations (UN) in the 1940s and served the UN in several capacities, eventually functioning as undersecretary general from 1955 to 1971. He also worked for civil rights throughout his life and served on the board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for 22 years. |
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