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    Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize at age 35, making him the youngest recipient at that time. He was awarded around $54,000, but donated all the money to support the civil rights movement. King was assassinated in 1968 at age 39 by James Earl Ray, though some believe the U.S. government was involved in or fully responsible for King's assassination.

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    Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize at age 35, making him the youngest recipient at that time. He was awarded around $54,000, but donated all the money to support the civil rights movement. King was assassinated in 1968 at age 39 by James Earl Ray, though some believe the U.S. government was involved in or fully responsible for King's assassination.

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    Nobel

    Peace
    Prize
    Martin Luther King
    won the Peace prize at
    the age of 35. At the
    time he was the
    youngest ever to
    receive the award. He
    received around
    $54,000 and gave all
    of it away to help civil
    rights.

    WORKS
    CITED

    1929~1968

    biography.com
    www.nobelprize.org
    wikipedia.org
    www.s-info.se
    www.nickazzara.com
    commons.wikimedia.org

    Martin Luther
    King JR

    About
    Martin was born in Georgia 1929. His name at first was Michael and changed it to Martin.
    He dedicated his life to help the civil rights movement. And had held his famous speech I
    have a dream in Washington D.C. 1963.

    Death
    King was assassinated on a motel
    balcony. The killers name was James
    Earl Ray, although many including his
    family believe he isnt guilty. Some
    say the government was partially or
    fully involved. And in fact Kings
    family won a lawsuit in 1999 proving
    the U.S. Government was in charge
    of the assassination.

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