Nelle Johnson, an aunt of Ralph Bunche, with a dog in the yard of their home located at 1221 East 37th Street (later changed to 1221 East 41st Street). 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]
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African American families Dogs Johnson, Nelle, b. 1890 or 91
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