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Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • What important prize did Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receive?
    The Nobel Peace Prize
  • What movement did King become a leader in?
    the Civil Rights Movement
  • What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr. most famous speech?
    "I have a dream"
  • Who was Rosa Parks?
    An American Civil Rights Activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama in 1955, which was the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  • What is a protest?
    to show disagreement with something, usually in an organized group with other people.
  • What occupation did King choose after college?
    He became a minister
  • Name a type of nonviolent protest.
    boycotts / marches / sit-ins
  • What does SEGREGATION mean?
    It means Separation. It is the act, process, or policy of separating people of different races, sexes, religions, etc.
  • What happened during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
    Many black people refused to ride buses in Montgomery.
  • Where was Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. born?
    Georgia.
  • What caused the bus boycott in Montgomery to start?
    Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a bus and was arrested.
  • What did King lead in Montgomery?
    a bus boycott
  • Rights that everyone should have are called?
    Civil Rights.
  • What is a dream? What was MLK's dream?
    It's an ambition or ideal. He wanted equality for all the people.
  • What was the Civil Right Movements?
    African Americans' struggle to gain equality to white people in the 1950s and 1960s in the United States.
  • When King was young, he couldn't play in parks or go to many restaurants because of_____________
    Segregation Laws
  • What happened at the March on Washington in 1963?
    King gave his most famous speech.
  • King dreamed that one day, he'd live in a nation where his children would be judged by __________
    the colour of their skin