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Civil Rights
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What state was MLK born?
Georgia
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What was his famous speech called?
"I have a dream"
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What prize was MLK awarded when he was 35 years old?
The Nobel Peace Prize
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What did MLK fight for?
equality for all Americans
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MLK finished highschool age what age?
15
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What year did he give the "I have a dream" speech?
1963
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How does our country honor MLK?
We have a national holiday called Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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What type of Civil Rights protests did MLK support?
peaceful protests without violence
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What year was he born?
1929
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How many people attended the speech?
250,000 people ( a quarter million)
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When do we celebrate MLK?
The third Monday of every January
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MLK helped organized the first large-scale ____________ by black Americans who were tired of being forced to sit in the back of public buses.
protest
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What did MLK do after he finished high school?
He attended college and graduate school.
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What did MLK fight for?
Civil rights for people of every race.
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What is something that happen to MLK while fighting for civil rights?
He was attacked, arrested, and eventually assassinated.
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In 1963, MLK lead a peaceful march in _______________ where he later delivered his "I have a dream" speech.
Washington D.C.
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What was MLK's occupation (job)?
He was a pastor at a Baptist Church in Alabama
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What was his famous speech about?
His dreams of one day living in a nation where one is judged on character rather than skin color.
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In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that segregation on buses was illegal. What does that mean?
The bus companies could not tell the passengers where to sit on the bus based on the color of their skin.