(1904–71), US diplomat and statesman; full name Ralph Johnson Bunche. Instrumental in the settlement of the Israeli-Arab conflict in 1948, he was the first African American to receive a Nobel Prize. Nobel Peace Prize (1950).
Definition of Bunche, Ralph in US English:
Bunche, Ralph
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(1904–71), US diplomat and statesman; full name Ralph Johnson Bunche. Instrumental in the settlement of the Israeli-Arab conflict in 1948, he was the first African American to receive a Nobel Prize. Nobel Peace Prize (1950).