
Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1974 |
Number: | 61 - 0 |
Nominee 1: |
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Name: | Hélder Câmara |
Country: | BRAZIL (BR) |
Nominee 2: |
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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: |
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Name: | American Friends Service Committee |
Year, Birth: | 1672 |
Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1947 | |
Comments: | (by Bronson P. Clark) |