Test Your Knowledge Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
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1960
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1963
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1968
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1973
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None of the above
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Where did Rosa Parks become famous?
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At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
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At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
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On a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
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On a march in Selma, Alabama
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In a restaurant for all whites only
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A. 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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Which president signed the first major civil rights act of the 20th Century?
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John F. Kennedy
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Richard M. Nixon
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Ronald Reagan
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Jimmy Carter
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A. 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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Which president signed the law creating the Martin Luther King holiday?
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John F. Kennedy
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Richard M. Nixon
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Ronald Reagan
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Jimmy Carter
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A. Ronald ReaganExplanation
Ronald Reagan signed it in November 1983, more than 15 years after King was killed.Rate this question:
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What was the name of King's first book?
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Stride Toward Freedom
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Dreamer
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Why We Can't Wait
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We Shall Overcome
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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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Where was the tactic of the sit-in protest first used?
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At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
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At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
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On a bus in Birmingham, Alabama
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On a march in Selma, Alabama
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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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Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
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At Ebenezer Baptist Church
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In front of the Atlanta City Hall
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At the Lincoln Memorial
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At the Nobel Prize Ceremony
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On the steps of the White House
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A. 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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What foreign figure has King been compared to?
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Elijah Muhammad
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Charles de Gaulle
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Mohandas Gandhi
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Albert Nobel
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Nelson Mandela
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A. Mohandas GandhiExplanation
Mohandas Gandhi - King admired Gandhi greatly, and traveled to India in 1959.Rate this question:
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What year was the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday first observed?
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1967
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1969
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1973
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1983
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1986
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A. 1986Explanation
1986 - the first legislation for the holiday had been proposed almost 18 years earlierRate this question:
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What black leader was killed five years before King's assassination?
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James Meredith
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Malcolm X
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Stokely Carmichael
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Medgar Evers
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Angela Davis
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A. Medgar EversExplanation
Medgar Evers - The NAACP leader was murdered June 12, 1963.Rate this question:
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