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The Noble Peace Prize The Noble Peace Prize is for people who do remarkable things, and also its awarded for achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. The Noble is an international award administered by noble foundation in Stockholm ,Sweden. Each prize consists of a medal personal diploma and cash award. The noble peace prize was created in 1901. Also it was created by a man named Alfred Noble. The foundations for the prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize. The winners are selected by doing good deeds and doing remarkable things. And by the Noble Peace Prize organization.(The Nobel Peace Prize 1964).The winner I picked was Martin Luther King Jr. I picked him because he was a leader of the civil rights movement. And he was an strong speaker. Martin Luther King was born Tuesday, January 15th,1929 in Atlanta Georgia. Martin Luther king Jr is from America. He won the Noble Peace Prize in 1969(Nobel Peace Prize Winners - the Full List | World News).Martin Luther king Jr died April 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He did not have to share the Noble with anyone. The reason why Martin Luther King Jr won the peace prize because of the all the civil rights movement he lead. His field was human rights, he wanted for blacks and whites to get along. Information you didn’t know was that, In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He was the youngest to win an Noble Peace Prize. He also changed his name from Michael to Martin. He received the B. A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, where his father and grandfather had graduated from. Martin Luther King Jr should be an inspiration to people because he made it possible for blacks to go to school with whites and for blacks to have jobs and stand up for what’s right and treated equal. That’s why I pick Martin Luther King Jr for my Noble Peace Prize winner.(Martin Luther King - Biography). Works Cited "Martin Luther King - Biography." //Nobelprize.org//. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. . "The Nobel Peace Prize 1964." //Nobelprize.org//. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. . "Nobel Peace Prize Winners - the Full List | World News | Guardian.co.uk." //Latest US and World News, Sport and Comment from the Guardian | Guardiannews.com | The Guardian//. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. .