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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]
The Northumbria and Newcastle Universities Martin Luther King Peace Committee [309] still exists to honor King's legacy, as represented by his final visit to the UK to receive an honorary degree from Newcastle University in 1967. [310] [311] Northumbria and Newcastle remain centers for the study of Martin Luther King and the US civil rights ...
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
A handful of Martin Luther King Jr. High School students will perform at the annual MLK Legacy March at the school in Detroit.
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The Presidential Medal of Freedom is related to, but distinct from, the Medal of Freedom, an earlier award issued between 1945 and 1963 to honor US civilian contributions to World War II. In 2022 at the age of 25, athlete and activist Simone Biles became the youngest person to receive the award.
April 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of one of world history’s great leaders.From 1957 to 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled 6 million miles, gave over 2,500 speeches ...
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.