Ralph Bunche: Model Negro or American Other?

by Charles Henry and Charles P. Henry

Book Overview

Activist, international statesman, reluctant black leader, scholar, icon, father and husband, Ralph Bunche is one of the most complicated and fascinating figures in the history of twentieth- century America. Bunche played a central role in shaping international relations from the 1940s through the 1960s, first as chief of the Africa section of the Office of Strategic Services and then as part of the State Department group working to establish the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814735835
• ISBN13: 9780814735831
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Interesting and valuable

The fact that Ralph Bunche is little known on university campuses nowadays just proves that white male patriarchal systems of 'scholarship' are making it almost impossible to learn about all the great African American figures in the twentieth century. Why are we not told about him? Because we are supposed to care about conservative white males like Churchill and Teddy Roosevelt! As a feminist and a white woman, I side completely with African Americans as they try to access their glorious past, including celebrated people like Ralph Bunche, who, until now, was hardly known outside the postage stamp that featured his portrait. Not any more!