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HISTORY - On #ThisDayInHistory 1964, African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. At 35
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Audio recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize lecture released - ABC7 San Francisco
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (left), receiving Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1964 Stock Photo - Alamy
Nobel Prize - #FromTheArchive: The first Nobel Prize nomination for Martin Luther King Jr. arrived to the Norwegian Nobel Committee #OnThisDay in 1963. They received the nomination from an earlier Nobel Peace
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "A Christmas Sermon on Peace" Still Prophetic 50 Years Later - Beacon Broadside: A Project of Beacon Press
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