The Nobel Peace Prize An Overview

(Norwegian and Swedish: Nobels fredspris) The Nobel Peace Prize  is among  of the five Nobel Prizes handed over by the Swedish inventor and industrialist  Alfred Nobel.

According to Nobel’s will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who

…shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses

The front face of the medal is of its founder Alfred Nobel with same inscription but a different pose from other medals

On the contrary The backside side of the Nobel Peace Prize medal representsa fraternal bond among a group of three men.

The inscription reads as follows:

Translated “For the peace and brotherhood of men”. Pro pace et fraternitate gentium  “Prix Nobel de la Paix”,

Gustav Vigeland the medal designer  made a final touch and simple rule of engraving The name of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is edge of the medal.

 Reason for Nobel Peace Prize Award

1964 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Excerpt from the Nobel Lecture “Granted that we face a world crisis which leaves us standing so often amid the surging murmur of life’s restless sea. But every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. It can spell either salvation or doom. In a dark confused world the kingdom of God may yet reign in the hearts of men.” Background

• Jan 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
  
• Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
• Biographical highlights:
  • 1947 - Licensed to preach
  • 1948 - Ordained to the Baptist ministry and appointed pastor at Ebenezer
  • 1955 - Received Doctoral degree in Systematic Theology from Boston University
  • 1955 - Elected president of Montgomery Improvement Association
  • 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is founded
  • 1963 - Mar 28, arrested in Birmingham, Georgia sit-in
  • 1963 - Apr 16, writes "Letter from a Birmingham jail"
  • 1963 - Aug 28, delivers "I Have a Dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial
  • 1963 - Named Man of the Year by Time magazine
  • 1964 - Receives the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest man to receive the Peace Prize
  • 1968 - Apr 3, delivers "I've Been to the Mountain Top" in Memphis, TN
  • 1968 - Apr 4, assassinated at Lorraine Motel in Memphis

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