Life and Death
The American author, civil rights activist, and wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is Coretta Scott?
True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. was a high performing student in school.
True or False, at the time it was awarded MLK was the the youngest person to receive the Noble Peace Prize.
True
The female activist recognized for initiating the Montgomery Bus Boycott alongside MLK and other civil rights leaders.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
What are the missing words? "Faith is taking the _____ ____ even when you don't see the whole staircase."
First Step
True or False MLK believed that only in extreme circumstances, violent protest was acceptable.
False, MLK was strongly committed to non-violent direct action.
A close friend, advisor, and fellow Baptist minister to MLK jr.
Who is Ralph David Abernathy?
Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth date.
What is January 15, 1929?
Martin Luther King Jr.'s primary occupation.
What is Baptist minister?
President of Morehouse College while MLK was a student as well as a Baptist minister and American rights leader who is credited with being a major influence on King and the foundations of the American civil rights movement.
Who is Benjamin Elijah Mays?
The date that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
What is April 4th, 1968?
What are the missing words? "Everything that we see is a ___ ___ by that which we don't see."
Shade cast
An Indian lawyer and anti-colonial activist who inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi?
The man responsible for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who is James Earl Ray?
The college that Martin Luther King Jr attended and studied Henry David Thoreau’s Essay on Civil Disobedience as a freshman.
What is Morehouse College?
What is the missing word? "A ___ is a language of the unheard."
Riot
An early mentor to MLK jr who traveled to India to learn techniques of nonviolent civil resistance. As a gay black man, he went on to do important work for human and gay rights as well.
Who is Rustin Bayard?