...peace but also to make change ... possible without violent upheaval", he stressed that the Organization sought "only unity, not uniformity, out of the world's diversity". He initially declined the award, writing to the Norwegian Nobel Committee: "You didn't work in the [UN] Secretariat to win prizes".

Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1903, Ralph Bunche came from working-class black family. His grandmother, "Nana" Johnson, an influential figure in Ralph's life who lived with...

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