This year's Noble Peace Prize is being awarded to three women's rights activists.

Announced on Friday, activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and activist Leymah Gbowee of Liberia will share the award.

CNN reports:

They were chosen "for their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work," the committee said in Oslo, Norway.

"We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society."

The Noble Peace Prize is awarded annually to the person who "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."

Today (April 4) marks the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of historical civil rights leader and iconic martyr, Martin Luther King, Jr.

King rose to prominence as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama in the mid ‘50s. It was there, inspired by the arrest of Rosa Parks for not giving up her bus seat to a white man, King led blacks in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

King continued to be a figurehead for the civil rights movement throughout the ‘50s and into the ‘60s. The outspoken Atlanta native organized the famous March on Washington, D.C. in 1963 drawing more than 200,000 people.

It was there, 100 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, King delivered his epic “I Have a Dream” speech. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial inequlity.

King, an advocate for non-violent resistance, was killed by the bullet from an assassins' rifle in Memphis, April 4, 1968. He was 39.

Earlier today, Atlanta rap artists Killa Mike aka Mike Bigga reflected on King's impact via his Twitter account.

@Mike_Bigga “This is a day of remembrance: You can kill a Man but not a Dream. Salute Martin Luther King Jr. Thank u for your sacrifice. April 4”

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Bolivian President Evo Morales and Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky are two of the many political figures who are calling for President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize to be rescinded after his decision to bomb Libya.

The accusations surrounding the U.S president's actions in Libya have to with the control of oil, not peace.

However, Obama made somewhat of a rebuttal stating that there is a contradiction being the commander-in-chief while desiring peace.

“When I received that award, I specifically said there was an irony because I was already dealing with two wars."

He also pointed out,

“I think the American people don't see any contradiction in somebody who cares about peace also wanting to make sure that people aren't butchered because of a dictator who wants to cling to power.”

Should he keep the Peace Prize?

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President Obama described himself as surprised and deeply humbled. So in response to the Norwegian Nobel Committee's it seems people have broken down into 3 camps.

The first, those who hate this decision.
The second, those who like this decision.
The third, those who are pretty confused.

I'd venture to guess most are in that last group, including President Obama, based on his speech about the news and how long it took him to make it.

I was a bit confused to at first too because he is a war president, but then things made more sense to me. I don't think this award was given to President Obama based on rhetoric. I think it's more so based on his campaign, his goals for peace, his stance on climate change and a big fat f*** you to 2 time president George W. Bush.

This award pushes and supports President Obama in a way Black people, Latinos, progressives and young people could not. Now before the whole world it's his honor and his burden. He is going to feel pressured to live up to it and he should.

There are people that agree with Asher Roth but would never say it like that especially with the track record Asher has of suffering from the dreaded foot-in-mouth-disease.

This is by far not one of the smartest things this rapper has ever said on Twitter in reference to someone Black. His past comments include this in reference to Don Imus's infamous statements about the Rutgers ladies basketball team:

He quickly apologized on Twitter then went on to make other ridiculous statements in interviews like this one with the Canadian Press:

Maybe Asher Roth should focus on actually making good rap that people who know rap can like instead of riding the wave of MTV cosigns.

A few more suggestions for Asher Roth: Listen to "Love Me, I'm A Liberal" by Phil Ochs (lyrics)

Take note that it is October 2009 and ask yourself if you'll be around next year.

Also, consider getting a good publicist to help transcribe your thoughts on Twitter into something less offensive to the Black people you claim to care about.

According to The Associated Press, his win comes as a surprise for many who deemed Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba and Chinese dissident Hu Jia the favorites for the prize. His name had been mentioned briefly “Nobel Observers” are shocked because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.

The other two presidents to win the Nobel Peace Prize while in office are Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Former President Jimmy Carter was awarded the prize in 2002.