MLK's Life
What was Martin Luther King's first occupation?
A minister
What was the name of a man from India who inspired Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
What was the exact date of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination?
April 4, 1968
What city and state was Martin Luther King born?
Atlanta, Georgia
What kind of a contest did Martin Luther King, Jr., win when he was 14 years old?
A speech contest
What is the name of the female black woman who was told to sit at the back of the bus?
Rosa Parks
When did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., win the Nobel Prize?
October 14, 1964 (must have year correct)
What is the name of the man that assassinated Martin Luther King?
James Earl Ray
What is Martin Luther King's wife's name?
Coretta Scott King
What was the name of the college Martin Luther King attended?
Morehouse College
When did the March on Washington take place?
August, 1963
How many people heard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
More than 200,000 people; maybe as many as 250,000 people
Where was Martin Luther King assassinated? (place AND city)?
Balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Memphis Tennessee
What was Martin Luther King's name before his father changed it?
Michael King
How old was Martin Luther King when he started college?
King was 15 years old
When did the Montgomery bus boycott begin, and how long did it last?
Began in December, 1955; ended about 13 months later, in December 1956
What important piece of civil rights legislation resulted from the March on Washington?
Why was Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis in April of 1968?
He was there to support the city's sanitation workers (garbage collectors) who were going on strike.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had four children. Name at least two of them.
Martin, Dexter, Yolanda, Bernice
What is the name of the church where both Martin Luther King and Martin Luther King, Jr. were ministers?
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Complete this line from one of Dr. King's speeches:
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day ~~~~~ where they will not be judged by the ~~~~~ but by the ~~~~~."
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day [live in a nation]
where they will not be judged by the [color of their skin]
but by the [content of their character]."
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led an important civil rights march between two cities in 1965? In what state did the march take place, and what were the two cities?
Alabama; the march was from Selma to Montgomery
When and where did Dr. King write words that suggested that people should obey just laws but that people could choose to disobey unjust laws’?
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963.