Martin Luther King Jr. Trivia
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Test your MLK knowledge.
Questions and Answers
- 1.In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. win the Nobel Peace Prize?
- A.
1963
- B.
1964
- C.
1965
- D.
1966
- 2.In what city did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
- A.
Birmingham
- B.
Atlanta
- C.
New York
- D.
Washington, D.C.
- 3.King became only the second American whose birthday is observed as a national holiday.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.How old was King when he went to college?
- A.
15
- B.
16
- C.
17
- D.
18
- 5.King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, had three children.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.What organization did King help found in 1957?
- A.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- B.
United Nations
- C.
American Civil Liberties Union
- D.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- 7.When was the Civil Rights Act banning discrimination because of a person's color, race, national origin, religion or sex passed?
- A.
1963
- B.
1964
- C.
1965
- D.
1966
- 8.What obstacles did King face as a civil-rights leader?
- A.
His home was bombed.
- B.
He was arrested upwards of 20 times.
- C.
He was assaulted at least four times.
- D.
All of the above.
- 9.When was King assassinated?
- A.
April 4, 1968
- B.
April 4, 1969
- C.
Aug. 12, 1968
- D.
Aug. 12, 1969
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