May 2012 Auction Ends Tuesday, May 29th, 5pm Pacific
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Martin Luther King, Jr. signed program for the 10 December 1964 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, signed by King during the reception held in his honor at the American Embassy in Oslo, Norway. King, at 35 the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, signs ''Martin Luther King'' on the front cover of the program. Elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, an organization to provide new leadership for the burgeoning civil rights movement, King based his ideals for this organization on Christian principles and nonviolent methods of Mahatma Gandhi. As the symbolic leader of the movement to end racial segregation and discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means, he was singled out by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to receive the Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. The card style program, in Norwegian, listing music to be performed, including a selection from Gershwin's ''Porgy and Bess,'' and the names of speakers, including King, measures approximately 5.5'' x 7.5''. Light foxing, else near fine. A moving tribute to American hero, Martin Luther King.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Copy of His Nobel Peace Prize Program -- The First We Have Seen With No Auction Records of Any Previously and Possibly the Only One Extant
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