
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nobel Prize in Peace 1964
“for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population”
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the African American population. He led the American civil rights movement.
- Field
- Political Science · Race, Ethnicity and Politics
- Lifespan
- 1929–1968