Answer:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, being the <em>African American</em> leader advocating civil rights.
Explanation:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, thence, studied Theology doctorate by 1955. After to which, organized his first protest, being influenced by M. K. Gandhi, as <em>Montgomery Bus Boycott</em>.
Racial segregation was highly advocated against by him in his protest as <em>civil disobedience with non violence</em>. Later, his orator ship gained him the support.
March towards Washington was his next move, in 1963, and a year later, <em>24th amendment was ratified and Civil Rights Act was codified and enacted</em>.
in the same year of 1964, he was awarded the <em>Nobel Peace Prize in the month of October.</em>
