Life
He Loved Words
He was a Leader
Civil Rights Vocabulary
100

When was MLK born?

January 15, 1929

100

Being of great worth

Important

100

Where did MLK lead a bus boycott because of unfair laws on buses?

Montgomery, Alabama

100

to hate a person because of their race

Racism

200

Where was MLK born?

Atlanta, Georgia

200

Just and Honest

Fair

200

Where did MLK give his "I Have A Dream Speech"?

Washington DC

200

to separate people because of their race

segregation

300

In 1963 Time Magazine named MLK this.

Man of the Year

300

Being free

Freedom

300

What movement did MLK lead in order to get fair laws.

The Civil Rights Movement

300

treating people differently because of their race

discrimination

400

What prize did MLK win because he worked hard for peace among races.

Nobel Peace Prize

400

Quiet and Calm

Peace

400

Where did MLK go to give support to striking sanitation workers?

Memphis, Tennessee

400

taking a seat in a racially-segregated place in protest of discrimination

sit-in

500

In 1968 what happened to MLK in Memphis, Tennessee

He was killed

500

Friendship

Brotherhood

500

In what way did MLK lead people to stand up for their rights?  

Peaceful Protest

500

personal rights guaranteed under the 13th & 14th amendments to the US Constitution

Civil Rights