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Facts about Dr. Martin Luther King Junior

In this lesson you will be learning some facts that you may not know about Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.

Open Ended

What are some facts you know about Martin King Junior?

Facts about Martin King Junior

• Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. skipped 9th and 12th grade, entering Morehouse college when he was fifteen years old. 

• The night before he was killed, Dr. King gave his last major address in Memphis, Tennessee.

• King’s birth name was Michael, not Martin.

• Martin King Junior went to jail 29 times. He was arrested for acts of civil disobedience and on trumped-up charges, such as when he was jailed in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1956 for driving 30 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone.

Multiple Choice

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's birth name was Mason, not Martin.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

He went to Morehouse college when he was 12 years old.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

He went to jail 30 times.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

He skipped 12 and 13 grade.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Dr. King gave his last _____address in Memphis, Tennessee.

• major

• important

• useless

• school

• house