Birth
Family
Education
Civil Rights
His Legacy
100
Where is the birth place of Dr. King?
Atlanta, GA
100
Beautiful wife and mother who received a B.A. in music and education from Antioch College in Ohio, then went to study concert singing at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, where she earned a degree in voice and violin.
Who is Coretta Scott?
100
Age of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he graduated from high school.
What is 15 years old?
100
Courageous NAACP activist who at 42 years old refused to give up bus seat to a white man, catalyzing the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott which lasted 381 days.
Who is Rosa Parks in 1955?
100
Dr. King appeared before the Supreme Court for Civil Rights cases 32 times. This is the number of cases he won.
What is 28 cases?
200
The Birth date of Dr. King
What was January 15, 1929
200
The names of Dr. Martin and Coretta Scott King's children
Who are Yolanda Denise (1955), Martin Luther, III (1957), Dexter Scott (1961), and Bernice Albertine (1963)?
200
Esteemed, historically Black college where Dr. King graduated from?
What is Morehouse College?
200
In 1955, Dr. King was recruited to serve as spokesman for the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a campaign by the African-American population of Montgomery, Alabama to force integration of the city’s bus lines. Name the year the US Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in transportation was unconstitutional.
What is 1956?
200
December 1967 Dr. King announced the formation of this campaign, designed to push the federal government to strengthen its efforts to fight against poverty.
What is Poor People’s Campaign?
300
Dr. Martin Luther King's birth name (first name).
What is Michael?
300
In 1957, they journeyed to Ghana to mark that country’s independence.
Who are Dr. Martin and Coretta Scott King?
300
Intercollegiate Council, an interracial student discussion group that met monthly at Atlanta’s Emory University.
What is the think tank Dr. King was a member of during his senior year at Morehouse College?
300
The President who introduced major civil rights legislation when Alabama governor George C. Wallace refused to allow the admission of African American students at the University of Alabama
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
300
In 1964, at 35 years old, Dr. King, became the youngest recipient of this award. His famous quote during acceptance speech,"unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.”
What is the Noble Peace Prize?
400
The occupation of Dr. Kings' father and great grandfather.
What is a Baptist minister?
400
This person guided the creation and housing of the largest archives of documents from the Civil Rights Movement; established The King Center itself, spearheaded the massive educational and lobbying campaign to establish Dr. King’s birthday as a national holiday. In 1983, an act of Congress instituted the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission. In January 1986, this person oversaw the first legal holiday in honor Dr. King.
Who is Mrs. Coretta Scott King?
400
Name of seminary school where Dr. King graduated in 1951
What is Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania?
400
Name and date of well known march, where Dr. King delivered powerful speech about jobs and freedom attended by more than 200,000 people. Closing his address with extemporaneous remarks: “I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream… that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’”
What is 1963 March on Washington
400
1964, partly due to the March on Washington, Congress passed this landmark legislation which made it illegal to discriminate against African Americans or other minorities in hiring, public accommodations, education or transportation, areas which at the time were still very segregated in many places.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964?
500
Name of Dr.Kings' mother and father
Who are Martin and Alberta?
500
King took a trip to this country in February 1959, where he furthered his knowledge of non-violent tactics at the Gandhi Peace Foundation.
What is India?
500
Name of notable University where in 1955, Dr. King received his doctorate degree in systematic theology.
What is Boston University School of Theology?
500
Name of the historic legislation signed into law by President Johnson prohibiting discriminatory election practices faced by African Americans. This bill was passed after international attention from the violent and unprovoked attacks by state troopers on peaceful marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
In 1963 Dr.King was named man of the year by this popular magazine
What is Time magazine?
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