Life and Death
MLKJ Education
Name the Year
Organization/
Recognition
Misc.
100

What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife?

Coretta Scott

100

Was Martin Luther King Jr. a good student?

Yes

100

"I have a dream..."

1963

100

True or False: Was he the youngest person to receive the Noble Peace Prize?

True

100

True or False: Was Martin Luther King Jr. in a choir?

True!

200

Where was Martin Luther King Jr. born?

Atlanta, Georgia

200

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s favorite subject?

English/Reading

200

Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus.

1955

200

True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. was a minister in Montgomery, Alabama.

True

200

True or False: Martin Luther King did NOT skip a grade in school.

False. He skipped two grades

300

When was Martin Luther King Jr. born?

January 15, 1929

300

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s job?

He was a baptist minister.

300

Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1964

300

True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. did not plan the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.

False. 

300

How many times has Martin Luther King Jr. been arrested for fighting for civil rights?

29 times

400

When was his assassination?

April 4th, 1968

400

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott meet?

Boston University/ New England Conservatory for Music/ In college/ after high school

400

Martin Luther King Jr. was born. 

1929

400

In 1957, King and other ministers and civil rights activists formed what organization?

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

400

What year did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become an American holiday?

1983

500

Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.?

James Earl Ray

500

Where did Martin Luther King Jr attend college?

Morehouse College

500

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was created.

1957

500

What was the Southern Christian Leadership's motto?

"Not one hair of one head of one person should be harmed."

500

How many people participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

200,000

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