Letter from Birmingham jail
Which group of people did King write his letter in response to?
The eight clergymen.
In which country did Gandhi first rise to fame through civil rights work?
South Africa.
What Christian denomination did Martin Luther King Jr. serve as a minister in?
The Baptist denomination.
In which country was Gandhi born?
India
What word means an action or statement meant to provoke a reaction or anger?
Provation
What kind of laws does King argue people have a moral responsibility to disobey?
Unjust laws.
What was the name of the 1930 protest march led by Gandhi to oppose the British salt tax?
The Salt March
Which major event from 1955–1956 helped establish King as a national leader?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What profession did Gandhi train for before becoming a political leader?
Law
What word means to respond to an attack with a counterattack?
Retaliate
What are two of the four basic steps of a nonviolent campaign that King describes?
Collecting facts, negotiation, self-purification, or direct action.
What is the name of the philosophy Gandhi developed that means “truth-force”?
Satyagraha.
From which university did King earn his doctorate?
Boston University.
What is the name of the homespun cloth Gandhi wore to symbolize simplicity and independence?
Khadi
What word refers to the accepted customs or morals of a society?
Mores
According to King, what did the white moderate value more than justice?
Order (or “peace” instead of justice).
Which racial system in South Africa influenced Gandhi’s early activism?
Apartheid.
Which civil rights organization did King help found in 1957?
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
In what year was Gandhi assassinated?
1948
What word means to cause something to happen suddenly or abruptly?
Precipitate
What concept does King use to describe the way all people are interconnected in society?
The “inescapable network of mutuality.”
Which immigrant community did Gandhi defend in early legal cases that helped build his reputation?
Indian immigrants.
In what year did King receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
1964
What was the name of the cooperative living community Gandhi founded in South Africa?
Tolstoy Farm.
What word means being aware or having knowledge of something?
Congnizant