Lutuli Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Human Rights
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Norway, Scandinavia
- Date: December 10, 1961
Article abstract: As leader of the nonviolent struggle against the systematic oppression of nonwhites in South Africa, Zulu chief Albert John Lutuli received world recognition in the Nobel Peace Prize.
Summary of Event
On December 10, 1961, on the sixty-fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prizes for 1960 and 1961. The 1960 award, which had been postponed the previous year, was given to Albert John Lutuli, Zulu chieftain and leader of the nonviolent struggle against the policy of racial...
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