Education & Early Life
He graduated from this Atlantic College in 1951.
Morehouse College
This woman’s arrest sparked the boycott.
Rosa Parks
This civil rights group was formed in 1957 and was led by King.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
This civil rights activist refused to give up her bus seat.
Rosa Parks
In 1955, this major protest began in Montgomery.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This university awarded King his Ph.D. in 1955.
Boston University
The boycott took place in this Alabama city.
Montgomery
SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This Indian leader inspired King’s philosophy.
Mahatma Gandhi
In 1957, King spoke at this Washington, D.C., memorial.
The Lincoln Memorial
This leader’s nonviolent philosophy influenced King.
Mahatma Gandhi
The boycott lasted this many days.
381 days
The SCLC promoted this type of protest.
nonviolent protest
This Baptist minister became a national civil rights leader in the 1950s.
Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1958, King published this book.
Stride Toward Freedom
King studied religion at this Pennsylvania seminary.
Crozer Theological Seminary?
King led this organization during the boycott.
Montgomery Improvement Association
King served as this position in the SCLC.
The President
This U.S. court ended bus segregation in 1956.
In 1959, King visited this country.
India
King traveled to this country in 1959 to study nonviolence.
India
In 1956, the Supreme Court ruled this practice unconstitutional.
bus segregation
The SCLC focused heavily on this constitutional right.
Voting rights
This author wrote Stride Toward Freedom.
Martin Luther King Jr
By 1960, King was a national leader in this movement.
the Civil Rights Movement