{"id":54226,"date":"2024-04-16T00:06:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=54226"},"modified":"2024-04-16T00:06:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:06:34","slug":"the-first-black-american-to-win-the-nobel-prize-for-literature-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-first-black-american-to-win-the-nobel-prize-for-literature-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature is &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Arthur Ashe&#8221; option2=&#8221;Martin Luther King&#8221; option3=&#8221;Toni Morrison&#8221; option4=&#8221;Nelson Mandela&#8221; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is C. Toni Morrison.<\/p>\n<p>Toni Morrison was the first black American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. She was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931 and grew up in a working-class family. 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He was also a civil rights activist and worked to improve race relations in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He is best known for his role in the Montgomery bus boycott and his &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. 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