Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in the Arab–Israeli conflict. He was the first Black Nobel laureate. He was also involved in the formation and early administration of the United Nations, serving as the under‑secretary‑general and briefly the acting secretary-general in 1953, and played a major role in both the decolonization process and numerous United Nations peacekeeping operations. The Nobel Peace Prize 1950, announced September 22, 1950. Ralph Bunche, “for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949”. Ralph Bunche: born 1904, Detroit, MI, USA. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).