6.4K views · 185 reactions | On this day in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize. At just 35 years old, Dr. King became the youngest person to have received the prize. He pledged the prize money, $54,123, to the civil rights movement. Today also marks 72 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today we commemorate the anniversary as Human Rights Day.  | Smithsonian Channel | Facebook

In 1972, the USS Kitty Hawk , stationed off the coast of Vietnam, was preparing for war. But racial tensions on board led to a different type of conflict as Black crew members, incensed at their treatment by White Marines, rose up in revolt. A new episode of Combat Ships airs Sunday at 8/7c! | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation