Early Life and Education
Where and when was MLK Born?
Atlanta, Georgia, January 15th, 1929
When is MLK Day celebrated?
The 3rd Monday in January
What year did Martin Luthur King, Jr give his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
1963
MLK drew tactics like civil disobedience and nonviolence from which revolutionary figure?
Gandhi during the Indian Revolution
Literacy tests, Poll Taxes, and the Grandfather Clause were meant to?
Prevent Black Americans from voting
Who did MLK Marry?
Coretta Scott
Dr. King’s efforts helped pass this 1964 piece of legislation that made racial discrimination illegal.
The Civil Rights Act. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission came out of this act, which investigates claims of discrimination. Despite a growing populace and a growing number of claims, the size of this commission has decreased greatly, which means that today, employment discrimination is rarely punished and if it is, it is only punished by small fines.
What famous piece of writing contained the quote “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere?”
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
What was the name of the Japanese-American civil rights activist who participated in numerous sit-ins and became a close friend of Malcolm X?
Yuri Kochiyama. In addition to being an outspoken ally to the Black Nationalist movements, Kochiyama was a huge advocate for the Civil Liberties Act, which contained an order to pay $20,000 in reparations to every surviving Japanese-American that was wrongfully interned.
Dr. King focused much of his activism in this Southern US City, which many believed to be the most segregated city in America at the time.
Birmingham, AL.
What are the degrees that Dr. King earned?
Bachelor of Sociology, Bachelors of Divinity, Ph.D. in Theology
What award did Martin Luther King win at 35 years old for his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and commitment to racial justice
The Nobel Peace Prize
At a speech to the Medical Committee for Human Rights, MLK said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” In addition to healthcare, MLK was concerned with issues surrounding education, poverty, racism, and labor rights. What is the term that encompasses these factors of health?
Social determinants of health.
Name at least 2 protests that The American Indian Movement held that took place between 1968-1978
These protests included the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1970, protests at the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1972, the occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1973, and the Longest Walk spiritual march from Alcatraz to Washington, DC to support tribal sovereignty and bring attention to anti-Indian legislation in 1978.
What Civil rights leader wanted African Americans to establish separate communities, he did not believe that being peaceful had achieved anything and Black Americans should act in their own self-defense when violence was inflicted upon them.
Malcolm X
What are the names of Dr. King's Childen?
Yolanda King, Dexter King, Bernice King, Martin Luther King III
Dr. King was the head of this organization from 1957 until his death in 1968, which was a huge figurehead for the civil rights movement.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Martin Luther King, Jr was in vocal opposition to a particular U.S. military venture. Finish the quote from this 1967 speech: “If America’s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read [ ].” Hint: it’s one word, and it’s a country.
Vietnam. It’s easy for us to think of MLK as a positive figure, well-revered by all. Yet, MLK heavily opposed American military intervention in Vietnam, and this anti-war stance made him a particularly unpopular public figure at the time.
What is the name of the self-identified Black lesbian collective that advocated for intersectional inclusion into both racial justice and feminist movements?
The Combahee River Collective. “The most general statement of our politics at the present time would be that we are actively committed to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression, and see as our particular task the development of integrated analysis and practice based upon the fact that the major systems of oppression are interlocking.”
A March in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement
The Selma to Montgomery March
What are the names of MLK's Siblings?
Willie Christine and Alfred Daniel Williams King
What is MLK’s final speech?
“I’ve been to the mountaintop”
Finish this quote: "Darkness [ ]."
cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that
Dr. James Hirabayashi, a Japanese-American who received his bachelor’s in anthropology at UW and is credited as the first Dean of which important field of study?
Hirabayashi created the first school of ethnic studies at San Francisco State University after striking led by the Third World Liberation Front.
A landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?