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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  • True or False Martin was killed when he tried to help sanitation workers demand better working conditions.
    True!
  • In what city and state was Martin born?
    Atlanta, Georgia
  • When Martin was growing up, black and white people could not use the same _____________________.
    What's your answer?
  • What job did Martin's father have?
    minister of a church
  • True or False Dr. King was arrested and taken to jail.
    True!
  • When Martin was growing up, black and white people could not go to the same _____________________.
    What's your answer?
  • True or False Martin's mother taught him to read before he started school.
    True!
  • Describe the event from Martin's childhood that shaped his life.
    The mother of his white friends told Martin he could no longer play with her children.
  • Integration means
    Bringing together people of different races.
  • What was unusual about Martin's years in high school?
    He finished in two years when most students need four years.
  • As a boy, what did Martin want to be when he grew up?
    A minister of a church like his father.
  • What did Mrs. Parks refuse to do on the bus?
    Surrender her seat to another passenger.
  • Name the woman whose actions helped to change bus laws in Birmingham, Alabama.
    Rosa Parks
  • Dr. King believed that all people can learn to ___________________.
    live in peace, respect each other, get along together.
  • What did Martin study in college?
    Religion or Divinity (the study of how people worship).
  • Segregation means
    Rules and laws that kept people of different races apart from each other.
  • In what month was Dr. King born?
    January
  • True or False Many people disagreed with Dr. King's ideas and tried to stop him.
    True!
  • True or False Rosa Parks was arrested and taken to jail.
    True!
  • When Martin came home upset one day, what did his mother tell him?
    You are just as good as anyone. What's in your heart, not the color of your skin, is what really matters.
  • How did Dr. King help the African American bus riders in Birmingham, Alabama?
    He organized a boycott so that no one would ride the city buses.
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