Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1974
Number:61 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Hélder Câmara
Country:BRAZIL (BR)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Cesar Chavez
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1927
Year, Death:1993
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Hélder Câmara was nominated for his work in the North-eastern region of Brazil and work outside of that with social justice and non-violent movements. Cesar Chavez was nominated for the quality of leadership he has shown in the long struggle of farmworkers for human dignity. Through persevering efforts, he seeks to combat poverty and injustice and build a new quality of relationship between men.
 
Nominator:
Name: American Friends Service Committee
Year, Birth:1672
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1947
 
Comments: (by Bronson P. Clark)