OUR BACKGROUND ‘HALL OF PEACE’

Martin Luther King (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

An American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

On October 14, 1964, King won the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. In his final years, his focus included opposition towards poverty, capitalism, & the Vietnam War.

Maria Ressa and her journalist colleague, Dmitry Muratov, are the first journalists since 1935 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.