Letter from Birmingham Jail
This was the city where Dr. King wrote his famous letter.
What is Birmingham?
Gandhi is best known for helping this country gain independence.
What is India?
MLK’s first name (before he changed it) was this.
What is Michael?
Gandhi was born in this country.
What is India?
A reward or something that motivates a person to do something.
What is incentive?
Dr. King wrote the letter while sitting in one of these.
What is a jail cell?
Gandhi used this method of peaceful resistance.
What is nonviolent protest / civil disobedience?
King was a pastor at a church in this city.
What is Montgomery?
Gandhi studied to become this profession in England.
What is a lawyer?
To fight back or get revenge after being harmed
What is retaliate?
Dr. King responds to this group of people who criticized his actions.
Who are the clergymen?
Gandhi first became famous for fighting discrimination in this country.
What is South Africa?
King became the leader of this boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Gandhi was known by his followers as "Mahatma," meaning this.
What is "Great Soul"?
Fully aware or knowing what is happening.
What is cognizant?
King argues that people have a moral responsibility to break these kinds of laws.
What are unjust laws?
Gandhi led a march to the sea to protest a tax on this everyday item
What is salt?
MLK won this major international award in 1964.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
Gandhi spent over 20 years fighting discrimination in this African country.
What is South Africa?
A temporary stop or pause in an activity.
What is a moratorium?
King uses this method (a series of steps) to decide whether nonviolent action is needed.
What is the four-step process (collection of facts, negotiation, self-purification, direct action)?
Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence is known by this word meaning “truth force.”
What is satyagraha?
King earned his PhD from this university.
What is Boston University?
Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 by a man who disagreed with this part of Gandhi's beliefs.
What is nonviolence / Hindu-Muslim unity?
Traditional customs and behaviors of a particular group or society
What are mores?