Test Your Knowledge Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    Where did Rosa Parks become famous?

    • At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
    • At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
    • On a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
    • On a march in Selma, Alabama
    • In a restaurant for all whites only
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  • 2. 

    What foreign figure has King been compared to?

    • Elijah Muhammad

    • Charles de Gaulle

    • Mohandas Gandhi

    • Albert Nobel

    • Nelson Mandela

    Correct Answer
    A. Mohandas Gandhi
    Explanation
    Mohandas Gandhi - King admired Gandhi greatly, and traveled to India in 1959.

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  • 3. 

    What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

    • 1960

    • 1963

    • 1968

    • 1973

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. 1968
    Explanation
    He was killed in Memphis, Tennessee where he had gone to support a strike by sanitation workers.

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  • 4. 

    Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

    • At Ebenezer Baptist Church

    • In front of the Atlanta City Hall

    • At the Lincoln Memorial

    • At the Nobel Prize Ceremony

    • On the steps of the White House

    Correct Answer
    A. At the Lincoln Memorial
    Explanation
    At the Lincoln Memorial - he addressed a quarter-million people who turned out for the 1963 March on Washington.

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  • 5. 

    Where was the tactic of the sit-in protest first used?

    • At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina

    • At a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas

    • On a bus in Birmingham, Alabama

    • On a march in Selma, Alabama

    • In a public library for whites only

    Correct Answer
    A. At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
    Explanation
    At a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina - the 1960 protest was one of the key moments in the civil rights movement

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  • 6. 

    Which president signed the first major civil rights act of the 20th Century?

    • John F. Kennedy

    • Lyndon B. Johnson

    • Richard M. Nixon

    • Ronald Reagan

    • Jimmy Carter

    Correct Answer
    A. Lyndon B. Johnson
    Explanation
    Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2 that year.

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  • 7. 

    Which president signed the law creating the Martin Luther King holiday?

    • John F. Kennedy

    • Lyndon B. Johnson

    • Richard M. Nixon

    • Ronald Reagan

    • Jimmy Carter

    Correct Answer
    A. Ronald Reagan
    Explanation
    Ronald Reagan signed it in November 1983, more than 15 years after King was killed.

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  • 8. 

    What year was the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday first observed?

    • 1967

    • 1969

    • 1973

    • 1983

    • 1986

    Correct Answer
    A. 1986
    Explanation
    1986 - the first legislation for the holiday had been proposed almost 18 years earlier

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  • 9. 

    What was the name of King's first book?

    • Stride Toward Freedom

    • Dreamer

    • Why We Can't Wait

    • We Shall Overcome

    • I Have a Dream

    Correct Answer
    A. Stride Toward Freedom
    Explanation
    Stride to Freedom was his first book published when he was 29 years old.

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  • 10. 

    What black leader was killed five years before King's assassination?

    • James Meredith

    • Malcolm X

    • Stokely Carmichael

    • Medgar Evers

    • Angela Davis

    Correct Answer
    A. Medgar Evers
    Explanation
    Medgar Evers - The NAACP leader was murdered June 12, 1963.

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