Early Days
This is the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was born.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
Upon graduating from college, Martin fulfilled his family legacy by doing this.
What is become a minister?
What is "right"?
This woman, who refused to give up her seat on the bus, is known as the "Mother of the modern-day Civil Rights Movement."
This president signed the law on November 2, 1983, creating the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. It is observed on the third Monday in January each year.
This is the name given to Martin upon his birth.
What is Michael King Jr.? (He was named after his father)
This is the name of the university where King earned his doctorate degree in systematic theology.
What is Boston University?
This is the missing last word of the quote "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that___."
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by this president on July 2, 1964.
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson?
This is the place where the first sit-in protest occurred.
What is the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina?
This is how many siblings Martin had.
What is two?
It was while King was pursuing his doctoral degree that he met this women, who would become his wife.
This is the missing word of the quote "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite ___."
What is "Hope"?
This is the name that would be given to the peaceful demonstration held in Alabama on March 7, 1965, that turned violent.
What is "Bloody Sunday"?
This is when and where King was assassinated.
What is April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee?
This was the age of Martin Luther King Jr. when he was admitted to Morehouse College.
What is 15?
King made his first of many public speeches at this young age.
What is 15?
These are the missing three words at the end of the quote "We must live together as brothers or perish ____ __ ____."
What is "together as fools"?
This march, held on August 28, 1963, is considered by many to be the most famous march of the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
King was awarded this prize on December 10, 1964?
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This is the name of the church where Martin's father was pastor.
What is Ebenezer Baptist Church?
This is widely regarded as the most famous of King's speeches.
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech?
These are the missing three words at the end of the quote "If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for then he isn't ___ ___ ___."
What is "fit to live"?
This is how many times King was arrested and went to jail for peacefully protesting during the Civil Rights Movement.
What is 29 times?
What is "I've Been to the Mountaintop"?