Ralph Bunche
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In 1918, Lucy Taylor Johnson moved with the two Bunche grandchildren to the [[South Los Angeles|South Central]] neighborhood of Los Angeles.{{cite news|title=Michigan History: Dr. Ralph Bunche—from Detroit to the world stage|work=[[The Detroit News]]|publisher=detnews.com|date=August 29, 1997|first=Laurie J. |last=Marzejka|access-date=October 22, 2010|url=http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=89|archive-date=July 7, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707182010/http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=89|url-status=dead}} |
In 1918, Lucy Taylor Johnson moved with the two Bunche grandchildren to the [[South Los Angeles|South Central]] neighborhood of Los Angeles.{{cite news|title=Michigan History: Dr. Ralph Bunche—from Detroit to the world stage|work=[[The Detroit News]]|publisher=detnews.com|date=August 29, 1997|first=Laurie J. |last=Marzejka|access-date=October 22, 2010|url=http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=89|archive-date=July 7, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707182010/http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=89|url-status=dead}} |
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Bunche was a brilliant student, a [[debate]]r, athlete and the [[valedictorian]] of his graduating class at [[Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)|Jefferson High School]]. He attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) as a political science student, and graduated ''[[wikt:summa cum laude|summa cum laude]]'' and [[Phi Beta Kappa]]{{cite web| url = https://www.pbk.org/WEB/pbkdocs/NobelLaureates2009.pdf |title= Nobel Laureates Who Are BK Members | date = 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150909005827/https://www.pbk.org/WEB/pbkdocs/NobelLaureates2009.pdf |archive-date= September 9, 2015 }} in 1927 as the valedictorian of his class. Using the money his community raised for his studies and a graduate scholarship at [[Harvard University]], he earned a doctorate in political science. |
Bunche was a brilliant student, a [[debate]]r, athlete and the [[valedictorian]] of his graduating class at [[Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)|Jefferson High School]]. He attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) as a political science student, and graduated ''[[wikt:summa cum laude|summa cum laude]]'' and [[Phi Beta Kappa]]{{cite web| url = https://www.pbk.org/WEB/pbkdocs/NobelLaureates2009.pdf |title= Nobel Laureates Who Are BK Members | date = 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150909005827/https://www.pbk.org/WEB/pbkdocs/NobelLaureates2009.pdf |archive-date= September 9, 2015 }} in 1927 as the valedictorian of his class. Using the money his community raised for his studies, a one-year [[Rosenwald Fund|Rosenwald fellowship]], from philanthropist [[Julius Rosenwald|Julian Rosenwald]], which enabled him to travel to Africa to study Administration in Togoland and Dahomey, {{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=Behrend professor writing book about Rosenwald Fund and 'politics of knowledge' {{!}} Penn State University |url=https://www.psu.edu/news/behrend/story/behrend-professor-writing-book-about-rosenwald-fund-and-politics-knowledge |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=www.psu.edu}} and a graduate scholarship at [[Harvard University]], he earned a doctorate in political science. |
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==Academic career== |
==Academic career== |
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Bunche earned a master's degree in [[political science]] in 1928 and a doctorate in 1934, while he was already teaching in the Department of Political Science at [[Howard University]], a [[historically black college]]. At the time, it was typical for doctoral candidates to start teaching before completion of their dissertations. He was the first African American to gain a PhD in political science from an American university. Bunche's 1934 dissertation, "French Administration in Togoland and Dahomey", won the Toppan Prize for the best dissertation on comparative politics in the Department of Government at Harvard University.{{Cite book |last=Pedersen |first=Susan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tu2kCQAAQBAJ |title=The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-957048-5 |pages=321–324 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570485.001.0001}} The dissertation examined the mandates system of the League of Nations, arguing that the system was indistinguishable from formal empire.{{Cite journal |last=Robinson |first=Pearl T. |date=2008 |title=Ralph Bunche and African Studies: Reflections on the Politics of Knowledge |journal=African Studies Review |language=en |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1353/arw.0.0005 |s2cid=144776400 |issn=0002-0206|doi-access=free }} |
Bunche earned a master's degree in [[political science]] in 1928 and a doctorate in 1934, while he was already teaching in the Department of Political Science at [[Howard University]], a [[historically black college]]. At the time, it was typical for doctoral candidates to start teaching before completion of their dissertations. He was the first African American to gain a PhD in political science from an American university. Bunche's 1934 dissertation, "French Administration in [[Togoland]] and [[Dahomey]]", won the Toppan Prize for the best dissertation on comparative politics in the Department of Government at Harvard University.{{Cite book |last=Pedersen |first=Susan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tu2kCQAAQBAJ |title=The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-957048-5 |pages=321–324 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570485.001.0001}} The dissertation examined the mandates system of the League of Nations, arguing that the system was indistinguishable from formal empire.{{Cite journal |last=Robinson |first=Pearl T. |date=2008 |title=Ralph Bunche and African Studies: Reflections on the Politics of Knowledge |journal=African Studies Review |language=en |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1353/arw.0.0005 |s2cid=144776400 |issn=0002-0206|doi-access=free }} |
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From 1936 to 1938, Ralph Bunche studied [[anthropology]] and conducted postdoctoral research at [[Northwestern University]]{{Cite web|title=Ralph Bunche {{!}} Teacher's Guide {{!}} Timeline|url=https://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/education/teach_timeline.html|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.pbs.org}}{{Cite web|title=Ralph Bunche {{!}} American diplomat|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ralph-Bunche|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} in [[Evanston, Illinois]], and at the [[London School of Economics]] (LSE), and later at the [[University of Cape Town]] in [[South Africa]]. |
From 1936 to 1938, Ralph Bunche studied [[anthropology]] and conducted postdoctoral research at [[Northwestern University]]{{Cite web|title=Ralph Bunche {{!}} Teacher's Guide {{!}} Timeline|url=https://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/education/teach_timeline.html|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.pbs.org}}{{Cite web|title=Ralph Bunche {{!}} American diplomat|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ralph-Bunche|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} in [[Evanston, Illinois]], and at the [[London School of Economics]] (LSE), and later at the [[University of Cape Town]] in [[South Africa]]. |
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