As children consider these situations, they develop towards an autonomous stage of moral reasoning, characterized by the ability to consider rules critically, and selectively apply these rules based on a goal of mutual respect and cooperation.
Bunche's career as a scholar and civil rights activist began at Howard University in 1928. He reorganized and headed the political science department at the university and became one of the leaders of a small cadre of radical Black intellectuals whom W.E.B. Du Bois labeled the Young Turks.
Lilene was born on April 12, 1935, in Pittsburgh, Pa, the daughter of the late Louis C and Eve Ludy Lewis. She graduated from Carnegie High School and earned her BS in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. While completing graduate courses at Edinboro University, she met her husband.