Atlanta Daily World

Another Honor For Doctor Bunche
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, 46-year-old Director of the United Nations Trusteeship Division, received another distinguished honor Friday, when he was informed of his election as the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Of all the honors and degrees with which he has been showered since he played the role of Mediator in the critical Palestine dispute, and they have been many, we cannot think of one which carries with it more genuine distinction than this latter honor from the Nobel Peace Foundation.
To undertake a reappraisal of Dr. Bunche's life and achievements, or his honors and degrees since 1948, would be an unwarranted waste of our readers time. Nevertheless, certain phases of these honors might be mentioned with profit.
He stands today as a great symbol of American Democracy, just as surely as was Abraham Lincoln in 1856. Then a rail splitter could become a President of the United States. Now a Negro, despite handicaps of citizenship and color in some parts of the country, can, if he is endowed with character and ability, ascend to heights of greatness, within our citizenship status.
He is a much sought after speaker. He is great but no compromiser on fundamental issues of justice and equality. He has received a string of degrees from Negro and from white colleges and universities. He is not only a typical American but a typical American father and husband.