List of black Nobel laureates

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The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. An associated prize in Economics has been awarded since 1969.[1] Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over 800 individuals.[2]

Blacks have been the recipients in three of six award categories: eleven in Peace, three in Literature, and one in Economics. The first black recipient, Ralph Bunche, was awarded the Peace Prize in 1950. The most recent, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, were awarded their Peace prizes in 2011.

Three black laureates —Anwar Sadat, Barack Obama and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf— were presidents of their countries when they were awarded the prize. As of 2015, 15 Nobel Prize winners have been Blacks.

Those awarded the Nobel Peace Prize were: Ralph Bunche, Albert John Lutheli, Martin Luther King Jr., Anwar El Sadat, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Wangari Maathi, Barack Obama, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Leymah Gbowee. Those Awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature were: Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, and Toni Morrison. The only black person who as ever gotten a Nobel Prize in Economics is, as mentioned earlier, Sir William Arthur Lewis. No black man or woman has gotten a Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry, or medicine.

Laureates

Year Image Laureate Country Category Comment
1950 Ralph Bunche  United States Peace First black person to win a Nobel Prize[3]
1960 Albert John Luthuli  South Africa Peace First black African to win a Nobel Prize
1964 Martin Luther King, Jr  United States Peace The youngest African American to win a Nobel Prize
1978 Anwar El Sadat  Egypt Peace
1979 Sir William Arthur Lewis  Saint Lucia Economics First and (so far) only black person to win a Nobel Prize other than Peace or Literature; first West Indian to win a Nobel Prize[4]
1984 Desmond Tutu  South Africa Peace
1986 Wole Soyinka  Nigeria Literature First black person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature[5]
1992 Derek Walcott[6]  Saint Lucia Literature
1993 Toni Morrison  United States Literature First black woman to win a Nobel Prize[7]
1993 Nelson Mandela  South Africa Peace
2001 Kofi Annan  Ghana Peace
2004 Wangari Maathai  Kenya Peace First black African woman to win a Nobel Prize and first and only environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize
2009 Barack Obama  United States Peace
2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  Liberia Peace
2011 Leymah Gbowee  Liberia Peace

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nobel Prize" (2007), in Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed 14 November 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online:

    An additional award, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was established in 1968 by the Bank of Sweden and was first awarded in 1969
  2. ^ "All Nobel Laureates". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  3. ^ Ralph Bunche, PBS.
  4. ^ "Unsung Heroes". Time. 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  5. ^ "Wole Soyinka Biography". Nobelprize.org.
  6. ^ http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/poetry/walcott_derek.html#bio/biblio
  7. ^ Grimes, William (1983-10-08). "Toni Morrison Is '93 Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-08.

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