Martin Luther King Jr.

Nominations

The first nomination for Martin Luther King Jr. arrived to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 1963.


Nominated on 2 occasions for the Nobel Prize in

Submitted 1 nomination, for the Nobel Prize in

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