BCRI: Martin Luther King Jr. Trivia & Scavenger Hunt

Martin Luther King, Jr. is from this Georgia city?

• Albany

• Macon

• Columbus

• Atlanta

Martin Luther King, Jr. earned his High School Diploma at this Age?

• 15

• 18

• 17

• 16

With a B.A. degree in Sociology, Martin Luther King, Jr. graduated from this Historic Black College?

• Clark Atlanta University

• Morehouse College

• Howard University

• Morris Brown College

Martin Luther King, Jr. married Coretta Scott in this state on June 18, 1953?

• Alabama

• Georgia

• Mississippi

• Florida

Martin Luther King, Jr. integrated this Indian’s philosophy of non-violent resistance into his Christian beliefs?

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Deepak Chopra

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Sathya Sai Baba

After Rosa Parks is arrested this organization made Martin Luther King, Jr. the spokesperson for the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ultimately their president?

• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Montgomery Improvement Association

What is the headline for the Chicago Defender January 5, 1957?

• Segregation is Dead

• Black People Want to sit at the Front of the Bus

• Force Showdown Over Bus Bias

Martin Luther King, Jr. and several other Black clergymen, including Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, started this organization in 1957, M. L. King Jr. was its first president?

• Congress On Racial Equality (CORE)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Montgomery Improvement Association

• National Association Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

What day and year did Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and A. Phillip Randolph lead a prayer pilgrimage to Washington D.C. to charge President Eisenhower with failing to lead the country toward integration?

• May 17, 1957

• December 25, 1956

• March 4, 1956

What was Martin Luther King, Jr. acquitted of in Montgomery on May 29, 1960?

• Parading without a permit.

• Breaking segregated bus laws.

• Obstructing a public passageway.

• Tax Fraud