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These were the professions of Martin Luther King, Jr's parents.
What are a pastor (his father) and a schoolteacher (his mother)
100
This is the action that caused Rosa Parks to be arrested.
What is refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person?
100
This young woman is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, famous for forgiveness and fighting for the education of girls.
Who is Malala?
100
This is the name of Martin Luther King, Jr's, most famous speech.
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech.
100
This is another name for nonviolent civil disobedience.
What is Peaceful Protest?
200
This is the age at which Martin Luther King, Jr. started at Morehouse College
What is 15?
200
This is the city in Alabama where the bus boycott took place in 1955
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
200
This President of a country far away followed the example of MLK Jr. as he worked to end the separation of races.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
200
This is where Martin Luther King spoke during the March on Washington.
What are the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
200
This is the name of the walk that is part of many annual celebrations of Martin Luther King , Jr., Day.
What is the Marade (March + Parade)?
300
These are the two professions to which Martin Luther King felt called to serve.
What are Baptist minister and social activist?
300
This is how long the bus boycott lasted.
What is 381 days? (or just over one year)
300
This man practiced peaceful protest in India.
Who is Ghandi?
300
This is the president who was in office at the time of the March on Washington.
Who is John F. Kennedy, Jr.?
300
This is the name of the President who was in office when MLK, Jr. was killed
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
This is the name of the woman Martin Luther King, Jr. married. They had four children.
Who is Coretta Scott?
400
In 1956 this government institution ruled that segregated seating on public buses is unconstitutional.
What is the US Supreme Court?
400
This man worked to end apartheid in South Africa before Nelson Mandela, and was also a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Desmond Tutu?
400
This is what MLK, Jr. hoped would be the basis upon which people would judge his children.
What is the "content of their characters?
400
This is the year when Martin Luther King Day was first celebrated.
What is 1986?
500
This is the age at which Martin Luther King, Jr. died.
What is 39 years old.
500
These are the two tools MKL and his associates used to bring about social change.
What is non-violent social activism and litigation?
500
BONUS QUESTION: This member of the 7th grade class is most likely to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Who is....... ?
500
This is the honor bestowed upon MLK, Jr., within one year of delivering the "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
500
This current US Congressman worked alongside MLK, Jr., marched with him in Selma, and was with him when he was assassinated.
Who is John Lewis?