Dr. Luther King Jr.
Desmond Tutu, the first South African to win a Nobel prize, won it in 1984.
Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She promoted the Green Belt Movement in Kenya and convinced the women of Kenya to plant over 3 million trees. She died in 2011.
Marie Curie
theodore rosevelt
Jackie Robinson did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. However, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984.
Toni Morrison, was the first African American woman to win a nobel prize in literature in 1993
There are several Nobel Prizes, not one; they were first awarded was in 1901.
There are several Nobel Prizes, not one; they were first awarded was in 1901.
In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
Although Camus was the first African born winner he did not win the award as an African. He was considered French. The first African born, African winner was Wole Soyinka who was an African writer from Nigeria who won the Nobel Prize in 1986, and was the first African who ever won the award. He wrote an autobiography called, "The Man Died" in 1972.
In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.