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Civil Rights Movement
The struggle for racial equality, especially in the United States.
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- How old was Martin Luther King Jr. when he received the Nobel Peace Prize, and what record did that set?
- What campaign had King been conducting since the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott that led to this recognition?
- What circumstances led King to write his 1963 letter from Birmingham City Jail?
- What did King do with the $54,600 prize money?
- What events in 1992 broke open tensions between the LAPD and Los Angeles under Chief Daryl Gates?
- What irony did Bunche face as the first person of African descent to win the Peace Prize?