[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER RALPH BUNCHE

  Mr. TALENT. I am pleased that the Senate unanimously approved a 
resolution to recognize the importance of Ralph Bunche as one of the 
great leaders of the United States. Mr. Bunche was the first African-
American Nobel Peace Prize winner, an accomplished scholar, a 
distinguished diplomat, and a tireless campaigner for civil rights for 
people throughout the world.
  He was of that generation of African-American leaders whose life and 
character broke the back of generations of prejudice, awoke the 
American conscience, and opened up opportunity for millions of people. 
This measure is an appropriate and fitting celebration of the 100th 
anniversary of his birth.

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