Harry H. Adams was active as a photographer in the Los Angeles area during the 1950s-1980s. He photographed the African-American community as a freelance photographer and also did work for the Los Angeles Sentinel and the California Eagle newspapers. Ralph Bunche with an unidentified man and holding a copy of the book Liberia's Place in the Sun, by Hilton Alonzo Phillips. People in the background indicate that Bunche is at an event. Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be so honored in the history of the prize. He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. In 1963, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy. [Wikipedia] Photographer's stamp on back of photo: Please credit photo by Harry H. Adams, 4223 So. Avalon Blvd. AD 2-9497, Los Angeles, Calif.
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African American political scientists African American diplomats Nobel prize winners Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971
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