USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA 1992 2013

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What year was MLK given the Nobel Peace Prize
A
2009
B
2008
C
2007
D
2006
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Description: In 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his dynamic leadership of the Civil Rights movement and steadfast commitment to achieving racial justice through nonviolent action.

Detailed explanation-2: -Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States, had been in power for less than eight months when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Among the reasons it gave, the Nobel Committee lauded Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.

Detailed explanation-3: -President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice.

Detailed explanation-4: -On December 10, 1964, 50 years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Prize for Peace during an awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway.

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