Ralph J. Bunche (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: J. Alvin Kugelmass
- First Published: 1952
- Time of Work: 1900–1950
- Setting: Michigan, New Mexico, California, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Ralph J. Bunche, Ruth Bunche, Joan Bunche, Jane Bunche, Ralph J. Bunche, Anna Johnson, Gunnar Myrdal, Count Folke Bernadotte, Trygve Lie
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Education or educators, Political science, Nobel Prizes, Peace, Anthropology or anthropologists, Biography, Diplomacy or diplomats, United Nations
- Locales: California, New York, Washington, D.C., Michigan, Massachusetts, New Mexico
Form and Content
J. Alvin Kugelmass’ Ralph J. Bunche: Fighter for Peace is a straightforward, formulaic biography that begins by relating the subject’s ancestry beginning with his grandfather, a former slave, and ends by describing Bunche’s receiving of high honors for his work with the United Nations. The first chapter of the book is written to explain the historical background from which Bunche grew and developed; as such, it includes some lengthy opinions about slavery and how it evolved. The final chapter describes the workings of the United Nations in the...
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