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WHO WAS THE 1ST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?
Q:
Known as "Mr. United
Nations," he was the 1st
African American to win the Nobel
Peace Prize. Who was he?
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In 1946, UN Secretary-General Trygve
Lie "borrowed"
this African American from the State
Department and placed him in charge of the
Department of Trusteeship of the UN to handle
problems of the world's peoples who had not yet
attained self-government. He has been associated
with the UN ever since.
From June of 1947 to August of 1949,
he worked on the most important assignment of his
career - the confrontation between Arabs and Jews
in Palestine. He was first appointed as assistant
to the UN Special Committee on Palestine, then as
principal secretary of the UN Palestine
Commission, which was charged with carrying out
the partition approved by the UN General Assembly.
In early 1948 when this plan was dropped and
fighting between Arabs and Israelis became
especially severe, the UN appointed Count Folke
Bernadotte as mediator and this African American
as his chief aide.
Four months later, on September 17,
1948, Count Bernadotte was assassinated, and this
African American was named acting UN mediator on
Palestine. After eleven months of virtually
ceaseless negotiating, this African American
obtained signatures on armistice agreements
between Israel and the Arab States.
When this African American returned
home, he received a hero's welcome. New York
gave him a ticker tape parade up Broadway; Los
Angeles declared a holiday in his honor. He was
besieged with requests to lecture, was awarded the
Spingarn Prize by the NAACP in 1949, was given
over thirty honorary degrees in the next three
years, and the Nobel Peace Prize for 1950.
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Ralph
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