Bunche
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Ralph Bunche, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat and civil rights leader, connected the fight against American segregation to the broader struggle for human rights and peace around the world.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
The documents encompass issues like the war on drugs and police shootings, said Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a professor of history at U.C.L.A., and the director of its Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
The main speaker at Abe's funeral was his U.N. colleague Ralph Bunche, who had been instrumental in creating and adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
She was also a cousin of the Nobel laureate and United Nations official Ralph J. Bunche, whom Ron Taylor grew up calling “Cousin Ralph.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2022
And my school, Ralph Bunche, is playing against Carver.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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