enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. 1964 Nobel Peace Prize - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Nobel_Peace_Prize

    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]

  3. Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

    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). [4] [5] [6] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [7] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [6] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [8]

  4. The 50 most inspiring Martin Luther King Jr. quotes - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/42-most-inspiring-martin-luther...

    — Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize 1964 acceptance speech "We are moving up a mighty highway toward the city of Freedom. There will be meandering points. There will be curves and ...

  5. Watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s Powerful Nobel Peace Prize ...

    www.aol.com/watch-martin-luther-king-jr...

    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 ...

  6. Sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermons_and_speeches_of...

    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." [2]

  7. 10 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/10-surprising-facts-martin...

    King reportedly donated the prize money, amounting to $53,123, to support the civil rights movement. He was named after Protestant reformer Martin Luther. King was born Michael King Jr. on Jan. 15 ...

  8. List of black Nobel laureates - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_Nobel_laureates

    First black person to win a Nobel Prize [6] 1960 Albert John Luthuli South Africa: First black African to win a Nobel Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. United States: Youngest African American to win a Nobel Prize, at age 35 1984 Desmond Tutu South Africa: 1993 Nelson Mandela South Africa: 2001 Kofi Annan Ghana: 2004 Wangari Maathai Kenya

  9. Hosea Williams - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea_Williams

    He was a famed civil rights activist, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and considered part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle. Under the banner of their flagship organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , King depended on Williams to organize and stir masses of people into nonviolent direct action in myriad protest campaigns ...