Accomplishments and Awards

 

 

Dr. King received several hundred awards for his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.

Among them were:

* Selected one of the most outstanding personalities of the year by Time, 1957.

* Listed in Who's Who in America, 1957.

* the Spingarn Medal from NAACP, 1957.

* The Russwurm Award from the National Newspaper Publishers, 1957.

* The Second Annual Achievment -- The Guardian Association of the Police Department of New York, 1958.

* Link Magazine of New Dehli, India, listed Dr. King as one of the sixteen world leaders who had contributred most to the advancement of freedom during 1959.

* Named Man of the Year by Time, 1963.

* Named American of the Decade by Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Die Workers International Union, 1963.

* The John Dewey Award, from the United Federation of Teachers, 1964.

* The John F. Kennedy Award, from the Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago, 1964.

* The Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. At age 35, Dr. King was the youngest man, the second American, and the third black man awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

* The Marcus Garvey Prize for Human Rights, presented by the Jamacian Government. (posthumously) 1968.

* The Rosa L. Parks Award, presented by the Southern Christian Leadrship Conference. (posthumously) 1968.

* The preceding awards and others, along with numerous citations, are in the Archives of the Martin Luther King, Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

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