Ralph Bunche (top left) attended the second annual Amenia (New York) Conference in 1933 during which civil rights leaders discussed the future of the NAACP. W.E.B. DuBois is third from left in the top row .

ID: 3925 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Ralph J. Bunche was among a group of young Howard University social scientists who focused on economic-based solutions for racial discrimination.