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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]
— Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize 1964 acceptance speech “We are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty ...
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]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, ... At the age of 35, King became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, recognized for his ...
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 ...
In January 2023, The Embrace was unveiled in Boston; [221] this sculpture commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, [222] [223] and depicts four intertwined arms, [224] representing the hug they shared after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
The Big Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.