Celebrate Nobel Prize Day 2023!

Mahatma Gandhi, an activist known for peaceful protest, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times between 1937 and 1948. Nobel Prizes are rarely given posthumously, and upon his death in 1948 Gandhi was no longer considered eligible to receive the Prize. Over the past 120 years, many remarkable activists have never been recognized as Nobel Laureates, or even Nobel Prize Nominees. Celebrate Nobel Prize Day 2023 by reading about some of these outstanding activists who haven’t (yet?) received a Nobel Prize.

Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom

Coretta's Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan

The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement by Barry Wittenstein

Lift Every Voice and Change: A Sound Book: A Celebration of Black Leaders and the Words That Inspire Generations by Charnaie Gordon

I'm Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People by Anne Broyles

Olive Morris (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

People Power: Peaceful Protests That Changed the World by Rebecca June

American Dreams: A Treasury of 40 Inspiring Americans (Little People, Big Dreams Treasuries) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Scientists Are Saving the World! by Saskia Gwinn

Real Princesses Change the World by Carrie A Pearson

World Shakers: Inspiring Women Activists by Helen Wolfe

Food for Hope: How John Van Hengel Invented Food Banks for the Hungry by Jeff Gottesfeld

Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X: The Fatal Friendship (Young Readers Adaptation of Blood Brothers) by Randy Roberts

Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes (History Comics) by Tracey Baptiste

Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism by Mary Fairhurst Breen