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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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November 8, 1964 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. smiles with parishoners on the day it is announced that he has won the Nobel Prize for Peace.

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