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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]
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]
Pages in category "Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School alumni" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
A handful of Martin Luther King Jr. High School students will perform at the annual MLK Legacy March at the school in Detroit.
Martin Luther King Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize, 1979; International Human Rights Award, Synagogue Council of America, 1979; Foreign Language Advocate Award, Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1979 [8] Conservationist of the Year Award, 1979; Harry S. Truman Public Service Award, 1981
Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, [2] with a Lithonia postal address. [3] It opened in August 2001 as the newest high school in the DeKalb County School System , and was named after the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet for Health Sciences and Engineering at Pearl High School (or simply MLK Magnet) is a public magnet high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. MLK includes grades 7–12, and students enter through a lottery process similar to the other magnet schools in Nashville.