The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Facts

Martin Luther King Jr. Born: 15 January 1929, Atlanta, GA, USA Died: 4 April 1968, Memphi , !", USA e!idence at the ti"e o# the a$ard:USA ole: Lea#er $% &S$uthern 'hri tian Lea#er hip '$n%eren(e& %ield: human right

For Civil Rights and Social Justice

Martin Luther King dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. In pril !"#$ he was murdered by a white racist. %our years earlier& he had recei'ed the (eace (ri)e for his non'iolent campaign against racism. King adhered to *andhi+s philosophy of non'iolence. In !",, he began his struggle to persuade the US *o'ernment to declare the policy of racial discrimination in the southern states unlawful. -he racists responded with 'iolence to the black people+s non'iolent initiati'es. In !"#.& /,0&000 demonstrators marched to the Lincoln Memorial in 1ashington& where King ga'e his famous 2I ha'e a dream2 speech. -he following year& (resident 3ohnson got a law passed prohibiting all racial discrimination. 4ut King had powerful opponents. -he head of the %4I& 3ohn 5dgar 6oo'er& had him placed under sur'eillance as a communist& and when King opposed the administration+s policy in 7ietnam& he fell into

disfa'our with the (resident. It has still not been ascertained whether King+s murderer acted on his own or was part of a conspiracy.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Facts

Martin Luther King Jr. Born: 15 January 1929, Atlanta, GA, USA Died: 4 April 1968, Memphi , !", USA e!idence at the ti"e o# the a$ard:USA ole: Lea#er $% &S$uthern 'hri tian Lea#er hip '$n%eren(e& %ield: human right

For Civil Rights and Social Justice

Martin Luther King dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. In pril !"#$ he was murdered by a white racist. %our years earlier& he had recei'ed the (eace (ri)e for his non'iolent campaign against racism. King adhered to *andhi+s philosophy of non'iolence. In !",, he began his struggle to persuade the US *o'ernment to declare the policy of racial discrimination in the southern states unlawful. -he racists responded with 'iolence to the black people+s non'iolent initiati'es. In !"#.& /,0&000 demonstrators marched to the Lincoln Memorial in 1ashington& where King ga'e his famous 2I ha'e a dream2 speech. -he following year& (resident 3ohnson got a law passed prohibiting all

racial discrimination. 4ut King had powerful opponents. -he head of the %4I& 3ohn 5dgar 6oo'er& had him placed under sur'eillance as a communist& and when King opposed the administration+s policy in 7ietnam& he fell into disfa'our with the (resident. It has still not been ascertained whether King+s murderer acted on his own or was part of a conspiracy.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Facts

Martin Luther King Jr. Born: 15 January 1929, Atlanta, GA, USA Died: 4 April 1968, Memphi , !", USA e!idence at the ti"e o# the a$ard:USA ole: Lea#er $% &S$uthern 'hri tian Lea#er hip '$n%eren(e& %ield: human right

For Civil Rights and Social Justice

Martin Luther King dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. In pril !"#$ he was murdered by a white racist. %our years earlier& he had recei'ed the (eace (ri)e for his non'iolent campaign against racism. King adhered to *andhi+s philosophy of non'iolence. In !",, he began his struggle to persuade the US *o'ernment to declare the policy of racial discrimination in the southern states unlawful. -he racists

responded with 'iolence to the black people+s non'iolent initiati'es. In !"#.& /,0&000 demonstrators marched to the Lincoln Memorial in 1ashington& where King ga'e his famous 2I ha'e a dream2 speech. -he following year& (resident 3ohnson got a law passed prohibiting all racial discrimination. 4ut King had powerful opponents. -he head of the %4I& 3ohn 5dgar 6oo'er& had him placed under sur'eillance as a communist& and when King opposed the administration+s policy in 7ietnam& he fell into disfa'our with the (resident. It has still not been ascertained whether King+s murderer acted on his own or was part of a conspiracy.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Facts

Martin Luther King Jr. Born: 15 January 1929, Atlanta, GA, USA Died: 4 April 1968, Memphi , !", USA e!idence at the ti"e o# the a$ard:USA ole: Lea#er $% &S$uthern 'hri tian Lea#er hip '$n%eren(e& %ield: human right

For Civil Rights and Social Justice

Martin Luther King dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. In pril !"#$ he was murdered by a white racist. %our years

earlier& he had recei'ed the (eace (ri)e for his non'iolent campaign against racism. King adhered to *andhi+s philosophy of non'iolence. In !",, he began his struggle to persuade the US *o'ernment to declare the policy of racial discrimination in the southern states unlawful. -he racists responded with 'iolence to the black people+s non'iolent initiati'es. In !"#.& /,0&000 demonstrators marched to the Lincoln Memorial in 1ashington& where King ga'e his famous 2I ha'e a dream2 speech. -he following year& (resident 3ohnson got a law passed prohibiting all racial discrimination. 4ut King had powerful opponents. -he head of the %4I& 3ohn 5dgar 6oo'er& had him placed under sur'eillance as a communist& and when King opposed the administration+s policy in 7ietnam& he fell into disfa'our with the (resident. It has still not been ascertained whether King+s murderer acted on his own or was part of a conspiracy.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Facts

Martin Luther King Jr. Born: 15 January 1929, Atlanta, GA, USA Died: 4 April 1968, Memphi , !", USA e!idence at the ti"e o# the a$ard:USA ole: Lea#er $% &S$uthern 'hri tian Lea#er hip '$n%eren(e& %ield: human right

For Civil Rights and Social Justice

Martin Luther King dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. In pril !"#$ he was murdered by a white racist. %our years earlier& he had recei'ed the (eace (ri)e for his non'iolent campaign against racism. King adhered to *andhi+s philosophy of non'iolence. In !",, he began his struggle to persuade the US *o'ernment to declare the policy of racial discrimination in the southern states unlawful. -he racists responded with 'iolence to the black people+s non'iolent initiati'es. In !"#.& /,0&000 demonstrators marched to the Lincoln Memorial in 1ashington& where King ga'e his famous 2I ha'e a dream2 speech. -he following year& (resident 3ohnson got a law passed prohibiting all racial discrimination. 4ut King had powerful opponents. -he head of the %4I& 3ohn 5dgar 6oo'er& had him placed under sur'eillance as a communist& and when King opposed the administration+s policy in 7ietnam& he fell into disfa'our with the (resident. It has still not been ascertained whether King+s murderer acted on his own or was part of a conspiracy.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Facts

Martin Luther King Jr. Born: 15 January 1929, Atlanta, GA, USA Died: 4 April 1968, Memphi , !", USA e!idence at the ti"e o# the a$ard:USA ole: Lea#er $% &S$uthern 'hri tian Lea#er hip '$n%eren(e&

%ield: human right

For Civil Rights and Social Justice

Martin Luther King dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. In pril !"#$ he was murdered by a white racist. %our years earlier& he had recei'ed the (eace (ri)e for his non'iolent campaign against racism. King adhered to *andhi+s philosophy of non'iolence. In !",, he began his struggle to persuade the US *o'ernment to declare the policy of racial discrimination in the southern states unlawful. -he racists responded with 'iolence to the black people+s non'iolent initiati'es. In !"#.& /,0&000 demonstrators marched to the Lincoln Memorial in 1ashington& where King ga'e his famous 2I ha'e a dream2 speech. -he following year& (resident 3ohnson got a law passed prohibiting all racial discrimination. 4ut King had powerful opponents. -he head of the %4I& 3ohn 5dgar 6oo'er& had him placed under sur'eillance as a communist& and when King opposed the administration+s policy in 7ietnam& he fell into disfa'our with the (resident. It has still not been ascertained whether King+s murderer acted on his own or was part of a conspiracy.
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