Martin Luther King, Jr.

When was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?

• January 15, 1929

• January 1, 1929

• January 21, 1929

• January 15, 1939

In what city and state was King born?

• Memphis, Tennessee

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Washington D.C.

For what did King win the Nobel Peace Prize?

• discovering the cure for cancer

• ending slavery

• writing the Emancipation Proclamation

• leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations

King skipped two grades of high school.

• true

• false

When does the United States celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?

• the third Monday of January

• on his birthday, January 15th

• on Presidents day in February

• none of the above

True or false: King declined his Nobel Peace Prize out of protrest against the inequality faced by African Americans.

• true

• false

In what city was King assassinated?

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Selma, Alabama

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Memphis, Tennessee

What is the name of the person who was convicted of killing King?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John F. Kennedy

• Malcolm X

• James Earl Ray

What famous speech did King give on the Washington Mall in front of the Washington Monument?

• "America"

• "I Have a Dream"

• "My Country Tis of Thee"

• "The Emancipation Proclamation"

What date did King give his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington.

• Year that the boycotts were organized, 1955

• Year that the Civil Rights Act passed, July 1964

• August 1963

• Right before he was assassinated in 1968