Early Life
In what year was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
What is 1929?
Which college did MLK Jr. attend in Atlanta?
What is Morehouse College?
MLK Jr. was known for fighting for the rights of ______.
What are African Americans?
Which famous speech includes the line “I have a dream”?
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?
What month celebrates MLK day?
What is Janurary?
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.’s father?
What is Martin Luther King Sr.?
In school, MLK also learned how to make change without using this.
What is violence?
MLK worked alongside other leaders, including this woman who also fought for civil rights.
Who is Rosa Parks?
MLK spoke out against laws that kept Black people from doing this in the South.
What is voting?
MLK Day encourages people to do this type of community activity.
What is service / volunteering?
What state was Martin Luther King Jr. Born in?
What is Georgia?
MLK studied this subject in college that focuses on how people live together in society.
What is sociology?
MLK often gave speeches and led protests with many people, also called this.
What is a march?
The last speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave, where he talked about having “seen the Promised Land,” is called this.
What is “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”?
MLK Day became a federal holiday in this decade.
What is the 1980’s?
True or False: MLK Jr. skipped two grades in school because of his academic ability.
What is True?
True/False: MLK met his wife in high school
False
MLK helped lead boycotts on these, which is used as a source of transportation.
What are buses?
MLK also said that hate cannot drive out hate; only this can do that.
What is love?
What U.S. law passed in 1964 did MLK Jr. help influence
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
MLK Jr. grew up in Atlanta during a time when laws enforced racial separation. What were these laws called?
What are Jim Crow laws?
MLK attended this historically Black college in Atlanta.
What is Morehouse College
MLK wanted people to be judged by this, not by the color of their skin.
What is character/ personality?
MLK often spoke to encourage this generation of people to continue fighting for equality.
What is young people or youth?
MLK Jr. won this famous award for his work promoting peace.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?