{"id":3924,"date":"2021-01-14T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2021-01-14T09:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T14:45:29","slug":"object-of-the-week-image-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2021\/01\/object-of-the-week-image-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Object of the Week: Image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

REMEMBERING DR. MARTIN LUTHER JR. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January 18, 2021 marks the annual observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in honor of the Civil Rights leader\u2019s life and legacy.\u00a0 This day is one of service, not rest, encouraging all Americans to consider Dr. King\u2019s work and honor his memory by volunteering in their communities.\u00a0 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federally recognized holiday in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law, though the first official federal observance did not occur until 1986.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nancy Forsberg Collection, MSS 22, Folder 718 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 Courtesy of Archives and Special Collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1964, Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.\u00a0 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.[2]<\/a>\u00a0 He was 35 years old at the time, and the youngest man to have received the award to that point.\u00a0 The prize was bestowed upon Dr. King in recognition of his nonviolent campaign against racial segregation. Since 1901 when the first Nobel Prizes were awarded, recipients have been required to present a public lecture.[3]<\/a>\u00a0 You can hear Dr. King\u2019s Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 1964 in the video below.\u00a0 Dr. Clayborne Carson, Director of The King Institute at Stanford University, believes this lecture, which \u201clays out his goals for the remainder of his life\u201d is one of his most important speeches.\u00a0 In this speech, King addresses the problems of racial injustice, poverty and war as global evils and not a uniquely American problem.[4]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n