Vocabulary Words
This word means to separate from others.
Segragate
January 15, 1929
Martin Luther King Jr. was born
The age MLK graduated from high school.
15 years old.
This person refused to give up a seat for a white person on the bus which sparked a movement
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King became this profession (job) when he grew up.
Minister
This word means rejecting violence in favor of peaceful actions.
Nonviolence
August 28, 1963
The March on Washington
MLK studied this when he went to college.
Theology/religion
In 1963 there was a civil rights march called this..
The March on Washington
Martin sang _____ in church and listened to his father preach
hymns
Another name for Constitutional rights.
Civil Rights
December 5, 1955
Montgomery bus boycott
King studied this Indian activist who practiced peaceful ways to gain freedom for his country
Mahatma Gandhi
The name of MLK’s most famous speech
'I Have a Dream" speech
MLK was born in this city and state.
Atlanta, Georgia
Showing a strong opinion to object against some act
Protest
April 4, 1968
MLK Jr. was shot and killed
As a little boy King went to a school that was this..
Segregated
MLK was arrested for this in 1963
Protesting in Alabama
This word means a state of quiet or freedom from disturbance
Peace
To withhold social or business relations, and to convince others from using services of that business
Boycott
December 10, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize
In 1963, King helped organize large nonviolent demonstrations in this place (city/state)
Birmingham, Alabama
In 1964 this important law was passed
Civil Rights Act passed
MLK’s house was bombed by people who disagreed with his civil rights work in this year.
1956