Emmet and George
The age of Emmet and George at the time of their death.
14
The last movement Dr. King was a part of was the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike. What phrase did the protesters claim on their signs?
I Am A Man
The first MLK day was celebrated in ____
1986
Dr. King's visit to our campus prompted the founding of UW-Whitewater's Black Student Union in 1961
False, his death prompted the founding in 1968.
The city and state Emmet Till was born in.
Chicago, Illinois
Fill In the Blank: The bus boycotts that were led by women famously became known as 'The ________ Bus Boycott'.
Montgomery
MLK is mentioned in many songs, name the artist and the title of the song that these lyrics belong to:
This is Martin Luther King in the club, getting dubs
With a bad ---- in his ear, sayin' that she down for whatever
In the back of his mind is Coretta
She Knows by J. Cole
Before he fell in love with Coretta Scott King, MLK dated a white woman during college.
True, she was a German immigrant who worked in the college cafeteria.
How long did it take for George Stinney Jr. to be exonerated after his death?
70 years
The year that the Student Sit-Ins occurred.
1960
(hint: Have you heard of the Red Scare?) The government tapped into Dr. King’s phone in the 60’s, suspecting him to be a ______. They later admitted that that suspicion was false.
Communist
To this day, Martin Luther King Jr. is the youngest to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize
False. Malala took his place at the age of 17!
All or Nothing: The amount of time the juries spent deliberating the cases
George: Less than 10
Emmet: A bit more than an hour
What was the name of Dr. King's last public speech?
The Mountaintop Speech or 'I've Been To The Mountaintop' is the formal name
Fill In the Blank: Dr. King had a strenuous life in his 39 years of life, so much so that the autopsy doctors said his heart was comparable to that of a ____ year old man.
60
Martin Luther King Jr. and former President Barack Obama are the only two men of black descent that have been named Man of the Year by TIME magazine.
True, MLK was the first, so it took 45 years for another man of black descent to garner that title.
All or Nothing: The years that both boys were killed.
1944 and 1955
The title of the song by 'Nat King Cole and Mrs. Bailey' that inspired the name of the hotel that houses the National Civil Rights Museum.
'Sweet Lorraine'
What historically black fraternity was Dr. King a member of?
Alpha Phi Alpha Inc.
The 1944 case of George Stinney Jr. inspired the first acts of the Civil Rights Movement.
False, it was Emmet Till's case in 1955.