MLK Jr.
MLK's official job?
Baptist minister (pastor)
How many children did MLK have?
4
What event started the Civil Rights movement?
Rosa Parks/Montgomery Bus Boycott
What city was MLK killed in?
Memphis, Tennessee
When is MLK Day celebrated in the US?
The 3rd Monday in January
MLK's most famous speech
I Have a Dream
MLK's dad's job?
Minister (pastor)
Who was president when the Civil Rights Act of 1968 were passed?
Lyndon B Johnson (Kennedy's vice president)
What year was MLK assassinated?
1968
When is MLK's actual birthday?
January 15th
Prize that MLK won in 1964?
The Nobel Prize
MLK's dad's name
Michael, later Martin Luther
What style of protesting did Martin Luther King insist on?
Nonviolent
Where was MLK assassinated from?
His hotel balcony.
Which president made MLK Day a national holiday?
President Ronald Reagan
What year was MLK born?
1929
MLK did THIS form of protest in white businesses.
Sit-ins
What other black civil rights activist was assassinated in 1965?
MLK Day was established in 1986, but South Carolina was the last state to adopt the holiday in what year??
2000
Where did MLK go to college?
Moorehouse (BA) and Boston University (PhD)
MLK's wife's name?
MLK's nonviolent, civil disobedience protest style was inspired by what famous activist?
Gandhi
Barack Obama