Ralph J. Bunche, diplomat and scholar, received the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP for his distinguished service as a United Nations mediator in the Palestine conflict, where he successfully negotiated the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and neighboring Arab states. He was also recognized for his contributions to the Gunnar Myrdal study, An American Dilemma, a groundbreaking examination of race relations in the U.S.
Bunche went on to become the first African American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
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