Letter from Birmingham Jail
Why was King in Birmingham?
To protest segregation and respond to injustice
What profession did Gandhi first study for?
Law.
Where was MLK born?
Atlanta, Georgia.
What was Gandhi’s birth country?
India.
An action meant to make someone angry on purpose.
Provocation
What does King say injustice anywhere is?
A threat to justice everywhere
Where did Gandhi first experience harsh discrimination?
South Africa.
MLK was best known as the leader of which movement?
The Civil Rights Movement.
What title meaning “Great Soul” was given to Gandhi?
Mahatma.
To fight back or return an attack.
Retaliate
What are the four steps of nonviolent direct action?
Collection of facts, negotiation, self-purification, direct action.
What movement did Gandhi start in South Africa?
Nonviolent resistance / Satyagraha.
What award did MLK win in 1964?
The Nobel Peace Prize.
Gandhi encouraged simple living and wore what traditional cloth?
A homespun cloth called khadi.
The customs or values of a community.
Mores
What does King mean by “justice too long delayed is justice denied”?
Waiting forever means justice doesn’t actually happen
What major event brought Gandhi national fame in India?
Leading protests against British rule.
MLK’s philosophy was based on the ideas of what earlier leader?
Gandhi.
Gandhi opposed violence using what method?
Nonviolent resistance
To cause something to happen suddenly or quickly.
Precipitate
Why does King criticize the “white moderate”?
They prefer order over justice and slow down progress.
What did Gandhi’s Salt March protest?
British taxes on salt.
What organization did MLK help found?
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Gandhi was assassinated in what year?
1948
Being aware or mindful of something.
Cognizant