MLK Jr. Trivia

Before he turned five, MLK's first name was actually this.

• Marvin

• Merrick

• Michael

• Mahatma

MLK, Jr. was such a hardworking student that he finished high school at this early age.

• 15

• 16

• 17

• 18

This phrase is from one of MLK, Jr.'s most famous speeches.

• "I will never accept this system."

• "I have a dream."

• "We shall overcome."

• "Four score and seven years ago."

MLK, Jr. Day is always observed on which Monday in January?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

MLK, Jr. believed in nonviolence because of the teachings of this historical leader.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Malcolm X

• George Washington

• Mahatma Gandhi

MLK, Jr. was born in this state.

• Alabama

• Georgia

• Illinois

• Tennessee

Which protest did MLK, Jr. lead after Rosa Parks was arrested?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Lunch counter sit-ins

• March on Birmingham City Hall

MLK, Jr. was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which fought for this.

• Civil rights

• Discrimination

• Prejudice

• Segregation

What was the name of MLK, Jr.'s wife?

• Camila

• Christina

• Coretta

• Claudia

MLK, Jr. believed it was okay to disobey unfair laws after reading an essay by this writer.

• Frederick Douglass

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Louisa May Alcott