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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]
OSLO (Reuters) - The winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 6 in Oslo. Here are some past winners - and one person who did not but should have. MARTIN LUTHER KING
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and he posthumously was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, nine years after his assassination in 1968. For his promotion of nonviolence and racial equality, King is considered a peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world.
From 1957 to 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled 6 million miles, gave over 2,500 speeches and wrote five books. King was the youngest ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize . Dr.
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 ...
The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the King of Norway, on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death, and is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. [5] Unlike the other prizes, the Peace Prize is occasionally awarded to an organisation (such as the International Committee of the Red Cross , a three ...
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister from Atlanta who became one of the most important political figures of the 20th century. ... While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to ...