Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was

  1. Kofi Annan

  2. Ralph Johnson Bunche

  3. Nelson Mandela

  4. Desmond Tutu
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Explanation

Ralph Johnson Bunche was the first person of African descent to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his mediation work in the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was an American political scientist and diplomat who successfully negotiated armistice agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors. While the other options are all notable African Nobel Peace Prize laureates, they received their prizes after Bunche.

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