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Nobel Prize

United States · Politics / Civil Rights. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1964

Martin Luther King14 October 1964

Politics / Civil Rights

The youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United States

Names involved

Martin Luther King

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