Local voting-rights organization the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition has been nominated for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. “It feels just like yesterday, we made history with the passage of Amendment 4 — now this?” said Desmond Meade, FRRC Executive Director, in a press statement. “To say we are humbled is an understatement, especially when we are being nominated during Black History Month by the same organization that nominated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW).” FRRC was nominated for the Nobel by the American Friends Service Committee and Quaker Peace and Social Witness.