Early Life
Martin Luther King Jr. was originally named after a famous leader from Germany. What was Martin's original first name?
What is Michael?
This bus boycott was led by King and took place in Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The location where King delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
The year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
What is 1968?
The academic degree King earned from Boston University.
What is a Ph.D.?
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in this U.S. state.
What is Georgia?
King founded this group which led many civil rights activities.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
This word completes the famous sentence: 'I have a ___.
What is dream?
This U.S. national holiday celebrates King's birthday.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
The name of King's wife.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
The month Martin Luther King Jr. was born.
What is January?
This famous 1963 protest saw over 250,000 people march in Washington D.C.
What is the March on Washington?
This was the year King delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is 1963?
This city in Tennessee was where King was assassinated.
What is Memphis?
The age when King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
What is 35?
This was Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's profession.
What is a pastor?
This was the primary law King fought against, which separated people by race.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This future state-focused speech by King concluded with "I've been to the mountaintop."
What is "I've Been to the Mountaintop?"
This landmark act was passed after King's death and aims to prevent housing discrimination.
What is the Fair Housing Act?
This type of non-violent protest was inspired by King's teachings.
What is civil disobedience?
Martin Luther King Jr. attended this college at the age of 15.
What is Morehouse College?
This event allowed King to meet President Johnson to discuss Civil Rights.
What is the Selma to Montgomery march?
King's 1964 speech was delivered when awarded this prestigious prize.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This award was given to King posthumously by President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
King visited this country in 1959 that influenced his philosophy of non-violence.
What is India?