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The Southern birthplace of Dr. King
What is Atlanta, GA?
The name of Dr. King's most famous speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a group of over 250,000 people
What is I Have a Dream?
Dr. King entered Morehouse College at this surprisingly young age.
What is 15?
This girl group, comprised of Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross, as popular as they were, had to go to charm school to become more palatable to the rest of the country.
Who are The Supremes?
This document is a part of the Constitution, providing a list liberties and rights that the government cannot infringe on.
The name of Dr. King's wife, who founded the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and was heavily involved in social activism with her husband.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
Dr. King believed that this type of protest was the for oppressed people in their struggle for freedom, a concept heavily influenced by Gandhi's practices.
What is nonviolent protest?
The Ghandian concept of satyagraha was developed and advocated by Ghandi against British Colonial rule in India
Dr. King won this prestigious award in 1964
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This song, written by singer Sam Cooke in 1964, was heavily inspired by Cooke being turned away from a whites-only motel in Shreveport, LA in 1963.
What is "A Change is Gonna Come"?
Name 1 type of non-violent protest
Dr. King held this title/position prior to jumping into Civil Rights activism
What is Baptist Minister?
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, the Montgomery Improvement Association was founded and elected Dr. King as their leader, which eventually led to this specific boycott.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?
This protest, led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams on March 7th from Selma to Montgomery, was known by this name due to the tear gas and nightsticks that the state troopers used against them.
What is "Bloody Sunday"?
Among the years 1960-1965, this type of newer media was used by Dr. King to nationalize and internationalize the struggle for civil rights
What is television?
She is a political activist and scholar, affiliated with the Black Panther party, and author of books like "Freedom is a Constant Struggle"
Who is Angela Davis?
Fighting for Civil Rights, Dr. King experienced this 29 times
What is got arrested?
In October of 1960, Dr. King was arrested with 33 other folks while protesting segregation at a lunch counter. The charges were dropped, but Dr. King was still sent to Reidsville State Prison Farm, under the false accusation that he had violated his probation on a minor traffic offense committed several months earlier.
He was only released when this Democratic presidential candidate intervened.
HINT: Strong ties to Marilyn Monroe
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Dr. King founded this civil rights organization in 1957, following the Montgomery Bus Boycotts. The aim of this organization was to lead peaceful, nonviolent protests against racial segregation and injustice.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
This 2014 historical drama movie, starring David Oyelowo as Dr. King, about this famous march to Montgomery, AL on voting rights.
What is Selma?
The first state in the union in 1890 to allow women to vote
What is Wyoming?
The 3 words that ended Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech
What is "Free at last"?
This protest is where Dr. King delivered his famous speech, on August 28th, 1963, calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
Notable singers included Mahalian Jackson and Marian Anderson
What is the March on Washington?
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, which prohibited discrimination in public settings.
This film about a Civil Rights activist by the same name, was released in 1992 by director Spike Lee, telling this story from street hustler to activist.
What/who is Malcolm X?
The famous 1954 case "Brown v. Board of Education", decided what?
Segregation in schools was unanimously deemed unconstitutional