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The fund will create a permanent umbrella to develop initiatives to support researchers of color and increase diversity in cancer research and patient care
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia | 2/19/2021, 6 a.m. Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first African American Desk Officer at the State Department during World War II. He helped form the United Nations in 1945, and in 1948, he mediated the hostile Arab-Israeli conflict that led to his Nobel Prize. (Above) Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (far right) greets Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and Coretta Scott King (center). Photo Credit: ucla.edu
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche earned the moniker âa hero of U.S. Diplomacy,â in part for efforts that led to his becoming the first African American to win the Noble Peace Prize. The scientist and diplomat earned the award for his role as United Nations Mediator in the 1949 peace settlement between Palestinians, Arabs, and Jews.
Stacy M. Brown | 2/19/2021, 6 a.m. Alhassan Bangura, oratio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc. scholarship recipient. Courtesy Photo
Alhassan Bangura, a Western School of Technology and Environmental Science student from Windsor Hill is headed to Cornell University in the fall thanks, in part, to a $25,000 scholarship he received from the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc.
Bangura counts as one of only 106 students from across the country to receive this prestigious scholarship from the nonprofit educational organization that honors outstanding individualsâ achievements.
The organization, which encourages young people to pursue their dreams through higher education, recognizes outstanding students as Horatio Alger National Scholars for resilience and perseverance.