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Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a leader in the civil rights movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. [ 1 ] King himself observed, "In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher."
Elie Wiesel's acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize (Archived 23 October 2023 at archive.today) Works by Elie Wiesel at Open Library; Appearances on C-SPAN; Biography on The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity; Elie Wiesel on Nobelprize.org
Other memorable speeches include the civil rights leader's acceptance speech after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and the inspiring “Our God is Marching On!” given in Selma, Alabama.
The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population." [1] [2] He is the twelfth American recipient of the prestigious Peace Prize. [3]
More than 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. was honored by the Nobel Committee for his nonviolent campaign against racism in the United States. "I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham ...
Born in 1928, Wiesel wrote extensively of his imprisonment in Nazi camps and in 1986 won the Nobel Prize for peace.
Elie Wiesel and his wife founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation in 1986, the same year he received the Nobel Prize for Peace, [1] [2] using the award money from the prize to fund the organization. [3] Wiesel has experienced inequality first hand through the Holocaust and has been working in several different areas involving the Holocaust.
The EU decided that the prize would be accepted by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. Van Rompuy and Barroso held the acceptance speeches. [52] Most EU heads of states or governments except six attended the ceremony.