He ascended to his most famous post after his superior Count Folke Bernadotte was assassinated, having been appointed to that post at the behest of Trygve [trig-vee]
He is the subject of the PBS documentary An American Odyssey, based on Sir Brian Urquhart's biography of him. He was one of the co-leaders of the Institute of Pacific Relations with Alger Hiss, but his first job in government was as a chief analyst at the OSS. Edward Stettinius sent him to London after he had been successful in his role in the U.S. delegation a year earlier at San Francisco. He ascended to his most famous post after his superior Count Folke Bernadotte was assassinated, having been appointed to that post at the behest of Trygve [trig-vee] Lie [lee], and his resulting work brought him the Spingarn Prize that year. FTP, name this man whose negotiation of an Arab-Israeli armistice earned him the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, the first black man to achieve that honor.
He is the subject of the PBS documentary An American Odyssey, based on Sir Brian Urquhart's biography of him.
Ralph {Bunche}