Early Life
He was born in this city in 1929.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
In 1955, MLK led this protest after Rosa Parks was arrested.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
His most famous speech delivered in 1963 at the March on Washington.
What is “I Have a Dream”?
MLK was jailed this many times during his fight for justice.
What is over 20 times?
In 1964, he received this global honor for his fight for peace.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
MLK’s father was also a leader in this profession.
What is a Baptist minister?
This Southern Christian group, co-founded by MLK, worked for civil rights through nonviolence.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
In this 1963 letter, he defended breaking unjust laws.
What is the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
In 1956, his house was targeted in this violent act.
Answer: What is a bombing?
What is a bombing?
He helped inspire this 1965 law that protected voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
MLK skipped two grades and entered this college at age 15.
What is Morehouse College?
In 1963, MLK was arrested during protests in this Alabama city.
What is Birmingham?
MLK’s Nobel Peace Prize speech focused on this theme.
Answer: What is nonviolence/peace?
What is nonviolence/peace?
Despite threats, he continued to lead using this principle.
What is nonviolence?
MLK’s dream is honored yearly on this federal holiday.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
At Crozer Theological Seminary, he was influenced by the teachings of this Indian leader.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
MLK led a famous march in 1965 from Selma to this Alabama city.
What is Montgomery?
In his “Drum Major Instinct” sermon, he said he wanted to be remembered for this.
What is serving others/love/justice?
In 1968, MLK was assassinated in this city.
What is Memphis, Tennessee?
His work helped end this system of legal segregation in the U.S.
What is Jim Crow laws/segregation?
He earned his doctorate in theology from this university in Boston.
What is Boston University?
This 1964 law, influenced by MLK’s activism, banned segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
His final speech in Memphis is remembered by this phrase.
What is “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”?
He was in Memphis to support these workers on strike.
Who are sanitation workers?
MLK’s life is fulfilled through the millions of people worldwide who continue to fight for this.
What is equality/justice?