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Black History and Blacks in U.S. History
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Theme Unit
Ralph Bunche

Black History and Blacks in U.S. History
Black History and Blacks in U.S. History

Ralph Bunche
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Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   5.84

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    administration, doctorate, fair-skinned, intellect, minority, education, organization, regularly, schooling, social, civil, newly, entire, writing, setting, elementary
     content words:    Ralph Bunche, New Mexico, Los Angeles, Harvard University, Howard University, South Africa, African Americans, World View, President Franklin Roosevelt, When Harry Truman

Ralph Bunche
By Jane Runyon 		  
1     Ralph Bunche worked to save the human race. He cared about the people of the entire world. He had to fight injustice in his own country before he could reach the people of the world, though.
 
2     Ralph Bunche was born in Detroit, Michigan. The year was 1904. It was a time of turmoil and change for black people in America. Ralph's father owned his own barber shop. All of his customers were white. His grandmother had been born a slave. The white owner of the plantation had been her father, so she was very fair-skinned.
 
3     When Ralph was just ten years old, his family moved to New Mexico. Neither of his parents were very healthy. They thought the dry air in the West might help them. Two years after the move both parents were dead. It was now up to Ralph's grandmother to raise Ralph and his two sisters.
 
4     Ralph's grandmother moved the family to Los Angeles, California. Each member of the family worked to make sure they could survive. Ralph would not let his extra jobs interfere with his schooling. His outstanding intelligence became clear at an early age. He began winning prizes for his intellect beginning in elementary school.
 
5     The family was poor, but Ralph was able to attend UCLA after high school. His grades earned him a scholarship that paid for all his schooling. Not one to sit idly, Ralph took a job as a janitor to pay for his clothes and anything extra he needed. He still found time to play on the varsity basketball team. He was also a member of the university debate team.

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Black History and Blacks in U.S. History
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Theme Unit
             Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Theme Unit

United States
             United States


    American Government  
 
    Black History and Blacks in U.S. History  
 
    Children in History  
 
    Government Careers  
 
    Hispanic Heritage  
 
    How Can I Help?  
 
 
    Immigration  
 
    National Parks and Monuments  
 
    Native Americans  
 
    Presidents of the United States  
 
    Women's History  
 

United States History
    A Nation Divided
(1840-1861) 		 
 
    A New Nation
(1776-1830) 		 
 
    After the Civil War
(1865-1870) 		 
 
    American Revolution  
 
    Cold War
(1947-1991) 		 
 
    Colonial America (1492-1776)  
 
    Lewis and Clark
(1804-1806) 		 
 
    Pearl Harbor  
 
    Spanish American War (1898)  
 
    The 1890's  
 
    The 1900's  
 
    The 1910's  
 
    The 1920's  
 
    The 1930's  
 
 
    The 1940's  
 
    The 1950's  
 
    The 1960's  
 
    The 1970's  
 
    The 1980's  
 
    The 1990's  
 
    The 2000's  
 
    The Civil War
(1861-1865) 		 
 
    The Great Depression
(1929-1945) 		 
 
    The United States Grows
(1865-1900) 		 
 
    The War of 1812  
 
    Wild, Wild West  
 
    World War I
(1914-1918) 		 
 
    World War II  
 

50 States

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