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Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • What important law was passed after the March on Washington?
    Civil Rights Act
  • Why did the city eventually change the laws about seating on buses?
    They were losing a lot of money.
  • What is in Washington D.C. to honor him?
    a monument
  • How were laws different when Martin Luther King Jr. was born?
    People were separated based on the color of their skin
  • What word means separating people based on race?
    segregation
  • Why was Martin Luther King Jr.'s work cut short?
    He was killed.
  • What words mean to not use or buy something in protest?
    boycott
  • What did Rosa Parks do that got her arrested?
    She wouldn't move to another seat on a bus.
  • What was the biggest march called ?
    March on Washington
  • How did Martin Luther King Jr believe that people should protest?
    peacefully
  • What happened to Martin Luther King Jr when he organized all of those protests?
    He was arrested 29 times.
  • If you discriminate against someone, you don't treat everyone _________.
    fairly
  • What did Martin Luther King Jr. become after the bus boycott?
    A Civil Rights leader
  • What was Martin Luther King Jr's most famous speech called?
    I Have a Dream
  • What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s job when he was younger?
    minister
  • What are some examples of things that were segregated?
    Restrooms, schools and restaurants
  • Martin Luther King Jr organized people to ______ in the street in protest of laws.
    march
  • What happens every January to honor him?
    Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • What did Martin Luther King Jr organize black people to do so they would have political power?
    vote
  • What did Martin Luther King Jr. ask all Black people to do?
    He asked them not to ride the buses.
  • The Civil Rights Act made it ____________ to discriminate against someone because of their race.
    illegal
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