At 35, Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the youngest person to that point to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
At a Glance
- Date
- 14 October 1964
- Location
- Oslo, Norway
- Key people
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Category
- Civil Rights Movement
- Source
- Nobel Peace Prize records (1964) · The Nobel Prize
What It Meant Then
It gave global recognition to the American civil rights movement.
What It Means Now
King donated the prize money to the movement.
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