Nobel+Peace+Prize+1964

Back to Civil Rights Virtual Museum

=I. Artifact Name=
 * Nobel Peace Prize 1964 **

=II. Description of the Artifact and It's Significance=
 * -- Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize **
 * -- youngest man to ever receive the prize (35 years old) **
 * -- earned for "his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America" (civil disobedience) **
 * -- donated prize money value ($54,600) to the Civil Rights Movement **
 * -- contrary to popular belief, he was __not__ the first African-American man to receive the award (Dr. Ralph J. Bunche won in 1950) **


 * RESOURCES USED**
 * **www.history.com/this-day-in-history**

=III. Date and Place= //(Enter your information here and on the Timeline!)//
 * -- December 10th, 1964 **
 * -- University of Onslow **

=IV. Related Multimedia Found on the Internet= //(Include at least two links for your multimedia. Explain what each link is and how it relates to the artifact)//

**@Nobel Peace Prize 1964** **<-- video of acceptance speech **


 * @Nobel Peace Prize 1964 <-- photos of him shaking the hand of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche **

=V. Curators (First Name, Last Initial)=


 * Pell/Jones, T. **
 * Drake, R. **
 * Dawson, A. **