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  • What did he study in Morehouse College?
    Sociology
  • What's the name of the law passed in 1964 by Congress which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin?
    The Civil Rights Act
  • Where in Washington D.C. did he deliver his most famous speech?
    On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
  • What methods did MLK apply in his fight for civil rights?
    Peaceful, non-violent
  • What consequences did MLK suffer  while calling for equality? (name at least 2)
    He was jailed (over 20 times), stabbed, threatened, his house was bombed
  • What did his father do?
    He was a Baptist preacher.
  • Did he enroll in seminary to study religion right after high school?
    No, after college.
  • Which magazine named him The Man Of The Year in 1963?
    The Time
  • Whose teachings was MLK inspired by in his approach to the civil rights fight?
    Mahatma Gandhi's
  • How many children did he have with Coretta Scott?
    4
  • What prize did he receive in 1964?
    Nobel Peace Prize
  • What event started the bus boycott in 1955?
    Arresting Rosa Parks
  • How many people took part in the March on Washington?
    about 200 000 people
  • Which president signed the bill making MLK's day a national holiday?
    Ronald Reagan
  • Where did the famous bus boycott take place?
    In Montgomery
  • How long was the bus boycott?
    About a year (382 days)
  • How did MLK die?
    He was shot.
  • Has he ever got married?
    Yes.
  • When is MLK Day celebrated?
    every third Monday of January
  • What was the name of the separation between black and white people?
    Segregation
  • When did he die?
    April 4th, 1968
  • Which American president did MLK personally meet?
    John F. Kennedy
  • What was the name of the restaurant where MLK and other protestants were arrested in 1960?
    Magnolia Room
  • How many siblings did he have?
    Two
  • Where was Martin Luther King born?
    In Atlanta, Georgia
  • Where did MLK die?
    In Memphis
  • What degree did he get at the age of 24?
    PhD.
  • When was Martin Luther King born? (name either the year, or the day and month)
    January 15th, 1929
  • What was the name of the speech MLK gave in the demonstration in Washington D.C. in 1963?
    "I have a dream"
  • When was MLK's day made a national holiday?
    In 1983
  • At what age did MLK graduate from high school?
    15
  • What did The Supreme Court decide after the bus boycott?
    That segregated buses were unconstitutional
  • What do you call someone, usually a priest or minister, who gives religious speeches?
    A preacher
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