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When was Martin Luther King born?
January 15, 1929
Where was MLK born?
Atlanta, Georgia
What was MLK's first name?
Michael
Who was Martin Luther, after whom MLK was named?
A great religious leader in Germany in the 1500s.
What was the job of MLK's father?
A preacher
When and how did MLK learn about the difficult life of black people in the US?
When he was five and he was playing with a white boy. The parents of the boy told King to stop playing with their son.
Name 2 things that MLK loved at school
Sports, language, reading books
What type of preacher was MLK's grandfather?
Baptist (Protestant)
Where did MLK study when he was 15?
Morehouse College
At the age of 17, what did King decide to become?
A preacher
How did MLK's father test his son's desire to become a preacher?
He told him to preach in his church the next Sunday
What was the condition of black people in the South?
Most of them were poor with low-paid jobs
"It was the angriest I have ever been in my life." Which event is MLK talking about?
The moment he had to get up in a bus for two hours so that white people could sit.
How did black people live in the North?
Like white people (use the same entrance, go to every restaurant)
What happened on the train back to Atlanta in 1945?
MLK had to eat at the back of the dining car with a cloth in front of his face
Who inspired MLK to change his ideas?
Mahatma Gandhi
