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January 19, 2007
The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Day, a holiday in the US, and this year it happened to coincide with the date of his birthday, January 15th. Many of the commemorations earlier this week were focused on remembering and celebrating the work of Coretta Scott King, his widow, who tirelessly continued his legacy and who died at the age of 78 last year.
King’s biography is the most visited content page on Nobelprize.org, but his Nobel Lecture, delivered on 11th December 1964, also makes an excellent starting point for those wanting to improve their grasp of the man and his beliefs. Follow the link below to read it, and hear him deliver a part of it in person. As well as advocating non-violent protest against racial discrimination, the lecture dwells on the ever-present problems of poverty and war. Foreshadowing the statements of the current Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, King declared that "The time has come for an all-out world war against poverty".
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“WE ARE READY TO SUFFER WHEN NECESSARY”
Martin Luther King is still the youngest man to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Mairead Corrigan was a little younger at just 32). Remind yourself of the power of his language by reading his Nobel Lecture!
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THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE
Fourteen years before Martin Luther King received his Nobel Prize, Ralph Bunche became the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a newly published article, Asle Sveen reviews the work of this early mediator for peace in the Middle East.
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CATCH UP ON YOUR READING
Did you know that Nobelprize.org is in the process of listing bibliographies for all the Literature Laureates? So far the Laureates covered extend back to 1964, by coincidence the year of King's Nobel Peace Prize. That year, Jean-Paul Sartre was the elected Literature Laureate, although he
became the first person to decline the prize voluntarily (Le Duc Tho is the only other). Which of Sartre's works have you read?
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MEET KORNBERG SENIOR
2006 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Kornberg was accompanied to Stockholm by his father, Arthur Kornberg, who had himself been the co-recipient of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. We caught up with him during his visit, to discuss his scientific beginnings and the current focus of his interests.
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TRADING ON YOUR DIFFERENCES
30 years ago, Bertil Ohlin was awarded the Prize in Economics for his contributions to understanding how international trade operates. Play our 'Trade ruler' game to get to grips with his theories, and become supreme leader of your own island along the way!
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"WE CAN CREATE A POVERTY FREE WORLD"
Following the award of his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in December, Muhammad Yunus briefly visited Stockholm’s Nobel Museum, where we captured some of his thoughts on poverty and its eradication in a face-to-face interview.
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Read Andrew Fire's own top ten list of reasons for "The return of 2006 Nobel Laureates to Stockholm during the first week of December 2036", delivered as his banquet speech in Stockholm in December.
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