A. Philip Randolph Institute Baltimore Chapter

Celebrating Black History
Did you know.....
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche played an essential role in the creation of the United Nations. He served as an advisor to the US delegation at the 1945 San Francisco conference and assisted with the drafting of key chapters of the United Nations charter. In 1950, Dr. Bunche was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a cease-fire armistic between Israelis and Arabs during the war which followed the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Dr. Bunche championed civil and human rights both in the US and internationally. He marched with Dr. King in the 1963 March on Washington and in 1965 during the Selma to Montgomery March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.