Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Obama's Nobel Peace Prize prompts questions...impact on our planet. Some of them include Martin Luther King Jr., Jimmy Carter, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Betty Williams, the Dalai Lama (14th), Elie Wiesel, Mother Teresa and Norman Borlaug. While some of these are... In this article: Barack Obama, Alfred Nobel, IP Address, Dalai Lama, Nobel Prize, Norman Borlaug, and Yasser Arafat |
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washingtonpost.com | September 10, 2009
Misconceptions on the Middle East
...closed. For Mr. Carter to call the Palestinian terrorist credo a "nonviolent civil rights struggle" like those of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela was an insult to those humanitarians' accomplishments. Rather than...
In this article: Jimmy Carter, Israel, Elliott Abrams, Gaza, Middle East, Hamas, Lutheran Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and United States
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The Crimson White | October 13, 2009
Obama doesn't merit Peace Prize
...it stood for. Comparing past recipients, Obama stands out, and not in a good way. Names such as Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King Jr. flood the list. In 2002, Jimmy Carter received the award for, "his decades of untiring effort to find...
In this article: Barack Obama, Democracy, Mother Teresa, Unemployment, The Nobel Foundation, Jimmy Carter, and Afghanistan
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Fox Sports | October 14, 2009
Goodell should say no to Limbaugh
...would not be the case for Limbaugh. He would be a nightmare. He would make Marge Schott seem like Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X rolled into one package. "You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl...
In this article: Roger Goodell, NFL, Michael Vick, Jason Whitlock, Jay-Z, St. Louis Rams, E mail, Dog, and Jim Irsay
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Miami Herald - Politics | October 09, 2009
No yelling this time, but GOP foes mock Obama's Nobel win
...America needs to go," Barrett said. Clyburn, the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, compared Obama with the late Martin Luther King Jr., who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. King earned the honor "for withstanding...
In this article: Barack Obama, Lindsey Graham, Jim Clyburn, Gresham Barrett, Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, GOP, and Robert Gibbs
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Huffington Post | October 09, 2009
Chris Campbell: Congratulations, President Obama
Barack Obama has had a few wins since taking office in January, but he's a far cry from the monumental sacrifices in the name of peace and humanity from folks such as Martin Luther King Jr., Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi.
In this article: Barack Obama, Climate change, George W. Bush, Unemployment, Nobel Prize, Guantanamo, Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Martin Luther King
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The Reflector | October 12, 2009
Obama's record does not justify prize
...Israel and Egypt; • Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist who led a peaceful protest fighting for equal rights among all Americans and fought for the end of the oppression of an ethnicity of American citizens. All these winners...
In this article: Barack Obama, Al Gore, Nobel Prize, Jimmy Carter, Pursuer, Due process, IP Address, Ideology, and Climate change
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The Australian | December 10, 2008
Seven Human Rights Fighters Receive Top UN Awards
...roster of previous laureates that includes apartheid fighter and former South African President Nelson Mandela, US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, former US first Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, former US President Jimmy Carter, and...
In this article: United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, Cholera, Eleanor Roosevelt, US, Climate change, Carbon dioxide, and Amnesty International
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boston.com - Latest news | December 10, 2008
UN awards Benazir Bhutto human rights prize
...sexual violence; and Canadian human rights lawyer Louise Arbour. Past winners have included Dr. Martin Luther King, Jimmy Carter, Amnesty International and Nelson Mandela. Your Name Your e-mail address (for return address purposes) E-mail...
In this article: United Nations, Benazir Bhutto, E-mail, Democracy, Amnesty International, Pakistan, Islam, United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights, Pakistan People's Party, and Louise Arbour
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National Review Online: Politics | July 18, 2008
1976 Revisited by Michael Barone on National Review Online
...that he could transcend the nation's racial divisions. Jimmy Carter, a governor from the Deep South, had placed a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. in the state Capitol in Atlanta. Ford's political situation then was far more parlous than...
In this article: Gerald Ford, John McCain, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, National Review, Atlanta, and Ohio
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
- Birth Date:
- January 15, 1929
- Birthplace:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Death Date:
- April 04, 1968
- Place of Death:
- Memphis, Tennessee
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