Martin Luther King, Jr.
(aired 15 January, 2001 (presented by MLK's family))
(aired 15 January, 2001 (presented by MLK's family))
MLK Jr. Porpourri (various air dates)
"I Have A Dream"
More MLK Jr. Misc
Space!
Civil Rights & Wrongs
(aired 7 February, 2020)
(aired 7 February, 2020)
Civil Rights Heroes (aired 2017, 2010, 2006)
Other Important Civil Rights Folks
Squashing the Civil Rights Movement
Cartoons!
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In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech before this monument in Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial
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MLK Jr. felt a moral obligation to speak out regarding this conflict in Asia, although it would end up alienating him from Lyndon B. Johnson & his allies.
Vietnam War
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The event at which this speech was made
March on Washington
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Inspired by the 16th century Protestant reformer, MLK Jr's father changed both of their birth names from this in 1934.
Michael King
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You wouldn't want to get too close to this which can be found at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Black hole
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In 1958, African-American activist Clennon King was sent to an asylum for trying to register at this state U. in Oxford
University of Mississippi
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This hero's 1955 arrest led to a yearlong bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks
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Active from 1966 to 1982, this black power organization shifted from solely copwatching (anti-police brutality open carry patrols) to the creation of numerous social programs.
Black Panther Party
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A 1975 investigation by the U.S. Congress found that, "from December 1963 until his death in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was the target of an intensive campaign by [this organization] to 'neutralize him as an effective civil rights leader."
FBI
100
Scooby-Doo's Mystery Inc. is made up of 5 members: Scooby-Doo, Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy, whose legal name is this.
Norville
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As an advocate of nonviolence, Martin Luther King, Jr. embraced the philosophy & teachings of this Indian leader
Mahatma Gandhi
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A 1965 civil rights march started in Selma & ended 54 miles & 4 days later in this city, where MLK Jr. spoke on the steps of its capitol
Montgomery
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Referencing this former president, the scripted portion of the "I Have A Dream" speech begins, "five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation"
Abraham Lincoln
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This Pretty Woman and Ocean's Eleven Actress' birth was paid for by the King family.
Julia Roberts
200
Though not the largest, this planet has the most moons.
Saturn
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The Congress of Racial Equity planned these 1961 trips to enforce desegregation of interstate transportation
Freedom Rides
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This abolitionist & orator who was born into slavery in Maryland is often called the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement"
Frederick Douglass
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This group of courageous Black students integrated Arkansas capital city's Central High School in September 1957.
The Little Rock Nine
(Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattilo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Carlotta Walls)
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As a part of Project MINARET, this organization intercepted all telegraphic and radio communications mentioning names on their "watch list" from 1962 to 1973. This watch list contained the names of anti-war activists and civil rights leaders, among others.
NSA
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In Bluey, though usually called, "Mum," this red heeler can often be heard saying, "Wackadoo!"
Chilli Heeler
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As a student at Morehouse College, Martin Luther King Jr. was inspired by this writer's essay on "Civil Disobedience"
Henry David Thoreau
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MLK Jr. wrote his famous letter on the need for civil rights action from a jail in this city
Birmingham
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MLK Jr. dreamt his children would be judged by this rather than the color of their skin.
The content of their character
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At the time, MLK Jr. was the youngest person to receive this prize in 1964.
Nobel Peace Prize
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This number of stars make up the asterism known as the Plough in the UK and Ireland, or The Big Dipper at home,
7
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In 1828 actor Thomas Rice began playing a blackface character named this, a term later used to describe racist laws
Jim Crow
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As counsel to this organization, Charles Houston devised the legal strategy that led to school desegregation
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
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This separatist is credited with the spread of Islam in the Black community of the USA and famously opposed the nonviolence advocated by MLK Jr.
Malcom X / el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz
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Originally founded in 1865, this organization began its third (and current) iteration in the 1950s, surging in popularity to violently oppose the civil rights movement via bombings and murder, sometimes in alliance with police departments and governor's offices.
Ku Klux Klan
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Though the first Looney Tunes short was released in 1930, this character, who became the first major star that we still know today, didn't make his debut until 1935.
Porky Pig
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Martin Luther King Jr. cofounded this organization known as the SCLC for short
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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His 99-year prison term for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. ended with his death in 1998
James Earl Ray
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The last 3 words. They also appear in his epitaph.
Free at last!
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When she said she was leaving "Star Trek," MLK Jr. asked her to stay, saying, "through you, we see ourselves and what can be"
Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura)
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In 1957, the Soviet Union kicked off the Space race by launching this satellite into space.
Sputnik
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Civil rights activism often includes VRDs, which "drive" to help people participate in our democracy
Voter registration drives
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He was the lawyer who won the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Case
Thurgood Marshall
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This congressman, who served for 33 years until his death in 2020, was the last living member of the "Big Six" who organized the March on Washington; he also participated in sit-ins and Freedom Rides in the 1960s, led one of the Selma to Montgomery marches, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
John Lewis
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Often referred to as a "white-collar Klan," this network of white supremacist, segregationist organizations formed to oppose Brown v. Board of Education and black voter registration efforts. In 1985 it became the Council of Conservative Citizens of today.
Citizens' Councils
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Punny specials, such as Onion-Tended Consequences and Don't You Four Cheddar 'Bout Me, can be found on the menu board of this titular restaurant.
Bob's Burgers
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In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. joined his father as co-pastor of this Baptist church in Atlanta
Ebenezer Baptist Church
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The motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray honors his legacy as part of the National Civil Rights Museum
Lorraine Motel
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"I have a dream that one day … sons of former slaves & the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at" this
The table of brotherhood
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In 1968, Hubert Humphrey hoped the deaths of MLK Jr. & this man would "not mark … when America lost its way, but … found its conscience"
Robert F. Kennedy
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Named for being the brightest star in the constellation of Centaurus, this star is the next closest to Earth after the sun.
Alpha Centauri
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This discriminatory practice comes from the colorful borders on maps around areas where minorities found it hard to get loans or credit
Redlining
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In February 1960, 4 young black men staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter at a N.C. branch of this 5 & dime
Woolworth's
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Founded in 1942, this organization organized most of the Freedom Rides, aided in desegregating Chicago schools, helped organize the March on Washington, among many other accomplishments.
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
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From 1956 to 1971, the FBI conducted this series of projects targeting the civil rights movement and black power movements (among others), using covert and illegal methods including, but not limited to, wiretapping, psychological warfare, illegal violence, wrongful imprisonment, and assassination (particularly of leaders of the Black Panther Party).
COINTELPRO
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In SpongeBob SquarePants, this is retired superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's number one nemesis, who loves making enemies eat dirt.
Dirty Bubble
