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What is the name of the civil rights leader who won the nobel peace prize and assassinated in 1968?
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What is the name of the great civil rights leader who won the nobel peace prize and was assassinated in 1968?
The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was a civil rights leader who won a Nobel Peace Prize?
It was Martin Luther King Jr.
W ho was martin Luther king?
He was a civil rights leader who won the Nobel peace prize fought for the civil rights of blacks and he wrote the famous i have a dream speech.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
What year did rosa parks win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Rosa Parks was an Anfrican-American civil rights leader. Although she won numerous awards and honors, mostly late in life, she never won the Nobel prize award.
What did Dr King do to earn Nobel Prize?
He received the Nobel peace price for his work in racial segregation and racial discrimination,through out the civil rights movement
Why is Lech Walesa important to modern Poland?
He helped people/workers get civil rights in Poland. He also earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for founding Solidarity (the civil-rights movement.)
What did mlk do with his Nobel Peace Prize money?
he donated it to the civil rights movement. the money was about 54,000 dollars i think
What propelled Martin Luther King Jr to national prominence as a leader in civil rights movement?
No group sat down and decided that Martin Luther King would be the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He was active in the movement, an effective speaker, and in the right places at the right times to come to be considered a leader of the movement.They chose him because he was a well educated man, he was a great speaker, he promoted peace with non-violent methods, and he had great leadership skills.
What award did he get for the speech?
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his efforts in promoting civil rights and nonviolent protest methods.
What did Martin Luther King Jr receive the Nobel Peace Prize for?
Because he was a long-time activist for the Civil Rights Movement
What did Martin Luther King specifically do?
he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.(civil rights leader)
