Letter from Birmingham Jail
This is the kind of protest MLK said was necessary when negotiations failed.
What is nonviolent direct action
Gandhi first became famous for his work fighting discrimination in this country.
What is South Africa?
MLK was born in this Southern city.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
Gandhi was born in this country.
What is India?
A strong reaction that provokes someone.
What is provocation?
MLK wrote the letter to respond to this group who criticized him.
Who are the white clergymen
Gandhi’s method of peaceful protest is known by this term.
What is nonviolent resistance (or satyagraha)?
MLK led this famous bus boycott in Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Gandhi studied this profession in London.
What is law?
To get back at someone or seek revenge.
What is retaliate?
MLK says “justice too long delayed is this.”
What is justice denied
Gandhi fought against this system created by the British that hurt Indian workers.
What is unfair taxation or oppressive laws?
MLK earned this graduate degree from Boston University.
What is a doctorate (PhD)?
Gandhi lived by the principles of truth and this.
What is nonviolence?
Awareness or understanding of something.
What is cognizant?
MLK argues that people have a moral responsibility to break these when they’re unjust.
What are unjust laws?
Gandhi encouraged Indians to make this item at home to protest British goods.
What is homespun cloth?
He delivered this historic speech during the March on Washington.
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?
Gandhi led this major march to protest the British salt tax.
What is the Salt March?
A temporary pause of activity, especially legal action.
What is a moratorium?
MLK uses this analogy to explain how freedom must be demanded.
What is comparing freedom to a tension-filled struggle?
This event, where British troops killed peaceful protesters, pushed Gandhi to fight harder for independence.
What is the Amritsar Massacre?
MLK was the youngest winner of this major international award at the time.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
Gandhi’s assassination in 1948 was carried out by a person from this group who opposed his ideas.
What are Hindu nationalists?
To cause something to happen suddenly or quickly.
What is precipitate?