Martin Luther King (History Maker Bios Series)

True!
King used peaceful actions like marches and boycotts to gain equal rights for African Americans. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, when he was just 35 years old.

• When he was a teenager, he always wanted to be in style. He liked wearing fashionable suits made of tweed so much that his friends called him Tweed.
  
• As a leader of the civil rights movement, he often faced danger. He was beaten and arrested, and his house was bombed.
  
• In 1983, the U.S. government created a holiday in his honor. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday of every January.

True or false?
Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

True!
King used peaceful actions like marches and boycotts to gain equal rights for African Americans. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, when he was just 35 years old.