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By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, December 04, 2022

Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Peace Prize speech – Dec. 10, 1964

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his 'I Have a Dream' speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in this Aug. 28, 1963, file photo. | REUTERS/Rowland Scherman/U.S. Information Agency/US National Archives

This week marks the anniversary of when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights advocacy, giving a speech at the University of Oslo in Norway.

King told those gathered that he believed that “nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time — the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression.”

“I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men,” King said.

“I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land.”