MLK Background Info

The American Civil Rights Movement wanted to extend equal rights to:

• African Americans

• Latinos

• Women

• All people regardless of race

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Drew attention to injustices that African Americans faced

• Caused MLK's house to be bombed

• Helped to desegregate busses

• All of the above

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MLK believed the way to get equality was to

• fight for it through violent protest

• get educated

• fight for it by using non-violent forms of protest

• write about his experience with segreation

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How was segregation enforced in the North?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Informal Customs

• Police presence

• Court Rulings

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MLK was first arrested for

• Breaking Jim Crow Laws

• Threatening bus drivers

• Leading violent protests

• Organizing a boycott

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Boycotting a store means:

• Waiting in line for it to open

• Refusing to shop there

• Smashing windows

• Opening another store next to it

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Both MLK and Mahatma Gandhi:

• Organized non-violent protests

• Studied to be Christian pastors

• Fought for the rights of African Americans

• Experienced Jim Crow laws

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What was MLK's dream?

• To win the Nobel Peace Prize

• That lawmakers would be punished for passing Jim Crow laws

• For an African American to be elected President of the United States

• That children of all races would love and respect one another

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Martin Luther King, Jr. sought to establish tension in order to:

• Reduce stress in conflicts

• Force change by making people uncomfortable

• Invent new methods of protest

• Pit people against each other

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What can be inferred from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s later work fighting against poverty and the Vietnam War?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended racism in the US

• He stopped advocating for civil rights

• He opposed injustice in many forms

• He feared being arrested for discussing more controversial issues

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