Leadership
American civil rights activist who fought for racial equality
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
He was born in this U.S. state.
What is Georgia?
His bus boycott in 1955–1956
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Famous for promoting this approach to protest.
What is nonviolence?
The famous speech by him has the line "I have a dream."
What is the "I have a dream" speech?
This city is his birthplace.
What is Atlanta?
Arrested and wrote a famous letter while jailed in this Alabama city.
What is Birmingham
Has his own holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
He helped organize this 1963 event where his most famous speech was delivered.
What is the March on Washington?
Earned his doctorate in this field of study.
What is theology?
This law, passed in 1964, outlawed segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
Kings famous speech took place at that landmark in Washington DC.
He was inspired by this leader’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
Served as a pastor at this church in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
Helped lead marches in this Alabama city advocating for voting rights.
What is Selma?
What is the SCLC?
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was led by King and that organization focused on civil rights activism in the South.
He won this prestigious international award in 1964.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
Attended this historically Black college in Atlanta at age 15.
What is Morehouse College?
Was assassinated in 1968 in this Tennessee city.
What is Memphis?
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution, rset in 1870, guaranteed voting rights regardless of race and was key to King’s activism.