In Oslo 1964, at October 14, the Nobel peace price was awarded to Martin Luther King. At this time he was the youngest to ever have resaved the award. He was only 35 years old.
The prize honors acts "for the furtherance of brotherhood among men and to the abolishment or reduction of standing armies and for the extension of these purposes."
Martin Luther King says that he is glad that people of other nation are concerned with the problems in America, and that he regard the price as a sign that world public option is in the side of those struggling for freedom and dignity.
The prize money $54,000, King gave to the civil rights movement.
