Test Your Knowledge Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A brief quiz designed to test your knowledge of Dr. Martin Luther King, JR.
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What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
- A.
1960
- B.
1963
- C.
1968
- D.
1973
- E.
None of the above
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C. 1968Explanation
He was killed in Memphis, Tennessee where he had gone to support a strike by sanitation workers.Rate this question:
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- 2.
Where did Rosa Parks become famous?
- A.
At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
- B.
At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
- C.
On a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
- D.
On a march in Selma, Alabama
- E.
In a restaurant for all whites only
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C. On a bus in Montgomery, AlabamaExplanation
on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest Dec. 1 lead to a yearlong boycott aimed to desegregate the bus system.Rate this question:
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- 3.
Which president signed the first major civil rights act of the 20th Century?
- A.
John F. Kennedy
- B.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- C.
Richard M. Nixon
- D.
Ronald Reagan
- E.
Jimmy Carter
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B. Lyndon B. JohnsonExplanation
Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2 that year.Rate this question:
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- 4.
Which president signed the law creating the Martin Luther King holiday?
- A.
John F. Kennedy
- B.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- C.
Richard M. Nixon
- D.
Ronald Reagan
- E.
Jimmy Carter
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D. Ronald ReaganExplanation
Ronald Reagan signed it in November 1983, more than 15 years after King was killed.Rate this question:
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- 5.
What was the name of King's first book?
- A.
Stride Toward Freedom
- B.
Dreamer
- C.
Why We Can't Wait
- D.
We Shall Overcome
- E.
I Have a Dream
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A. Stride Toward FreedomExplanation
Stride to Freedom was his first book published when he was 29 years old.Rate this question:
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- 6.
Where was the tactic of the sit-in protest first used?
- A.
At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
- B.
At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
- C.
On a bus in Birmingham, Alabama
- D.
On a march in Selma, Alabama
- E.
In a public library for whites only
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A. At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North CarolinaExplanation
At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina - the 1960 protest was one of the key moments in the civil rights movementRate this question:
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- 7.
Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
- A.
At Ebenezer Baptist Church
- B.
In front of the Atlanta City Hall
- C.
At the Lincoln Memorial
- D.
At the Nobel Prize Ceremony
- E.
On the steps of the White House
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C. At the Lincoln MemorialExplanation
At the Lincoln Memorial - he addressed a quarter-million people who turned out for the 1963 March on Washington.Rate this question:
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- 8.
What foreign figure has King been compared to?
- A.
Elijah Muhammad
- B.
Charles de Gaulle
- C.
Mohandas Gandhi
- D.
Albert Nobel
- E.
Nelson Mandela
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C. Mohandas GandhiExplanation
Mohandas Gandhi - King admired Gandhi greatly, and traveled to India in 1959.Rate this question:
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- 9.
What year was the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday first observed?
- A.
1967
- B.
1969
- C.
1973
- D.
1983
- E.
1986
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E. 1986Explanation
1986 - the first legislation for the holiday had been proposed almost 18 years earlierRate this question:
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- 10.
What black leader was killed five years before King's assassination?
- A.
James Meredith
- B.
Malcolm X
- C.
Stokely Carmichael
- D.
Medgar Evers
- E.
Angela Davis
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D. Medgar EversExplanation
Medgar Evers - The NAACP leader was murdered June 12, 1963.Rate this question:
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