Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

A superb narrative biography of the international diplomat and racial pioneer—the basis for the acclaimed four-part PBS TV series.

Ralph Bunche was instrumental — sometimes at great personal risk — in finding peaceful solutions to incendiary conflicts around the world, while at the same time he was never far from the realities of racial prejudice. Bunche rose from modest circumstances to become the foremost international mediator and peacekeeper of his time, winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Pr...