Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-71) was one of the twentieth century's foremost diplomats and intellectuals. In the wake of centennial celebrations of his birth, leading scholars and diplomats assess Bunche's historical importance and enduring impact on higher education, public policy, and international politics. Their essays reveal not only the breadth of Bunche's influence, such as his United Nations work to broker peace during times of civil war in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, but also the depth of his intellectual perspectives on race, civil rights, higher education, and international law. Probing his publications, speeches, and public policy initiatives, the volume offers telling insights into the critical roles of universities, public intellectuals, and diplomats in working together to find solutions to domestic and international problems through public and scholarly engagement. In this way, the volume highlights the very connections that Bunche exhibited as an academic, intellectual, and diplomat.

Contributors include Lorenzo DuBois Baber, John Hope Franklin, Jonathan Scott Holloway, Charles P. Henry, Ben Keppel, Beverly Lindsay, Princeton Lyman, Edwin Smith, and Hanes Walton Jr.

| Cover Title Copyright Contents Foreword Ralph Bunche: A Personal Memoir John Hope Franklin Preface 1. Framing the Conceptual Landscape Beverly Lindsay PART I. ORIGINS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF PUBLIC INTELLECTUALISM 2. Rethinking the Early Life Ben Keppel 3. Responsibilities of the Public Intellectual Jonathan Scott Holloway 4. A World View of Race Revisited Charles P. Henry 5. Political Science Educational Contributions: Integrating Theory and Practice Hanes Walton Jr PART II. EDUCATIONAL VENUES AND PUBLIC INTELLECTUALISM AND DIPLOMACY 6. Educational and Diplomatic Influences at Public Research Universities Beverly Lindsay 7. Intellectual and Diplomatic Imprints at Liberal Arts Colleges Beverly Lindsay 8. An Early Vision of Education: Applying Knowledge to Social Engagement Lorenzo DuBois Baber and Beverly Lindsay PART III. DIPLOMATS ARTICULATING DIPLOMACY 9. Diplomat in Pursuit of the International Interest Edwin Smith 10. An International Legacy: The Middle East, Congo, and United Nations Peacekeeping Princeton N. Lyman PART IV. CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE CRITICAL INTERNATIONAL INQUIRIES AND MODELS 11. Complexities Abound: Paradigms for Future Public Intellectuals and Diplomats Beverly Lindsay Bibliography Contributors Index Back cover |

"This book is an excellent treatment of American intellectual history and Bunche's contribution to it as a scholar, statesman, and leader. Ralph Johnson Bunche is a must-read for diplomats and international politics students."—Edmond J. Keller, Director of the UCLA Globalization Research Center–Africa­­

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Beverly Lindsay is a professor and senior scientist of higher education and policy studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is the editor and senior author of The Quest for Equity in Higher Education, and the first American to become a senior Fulbright specialist in South Korea and Zimbabwe.