Martin Luther King, Jr.

When was Martin Luther King, Jr. a leader of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement?

• 1950s and 1960s

• 1960s and 1970s

• 1970s and 1980s

• 1940s and 1950s

When did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement begin?

• When he formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

• With the march in Selma, Alabama.

• During the Back to Africa Movement in the 1920s.

• During the bus boycotts of 1955.

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What is the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s wife?

• Jeannetta Scott

• Coretta Scott

• Loretta Scott

• Monetta Scott

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Which city did Martin Luther King, Jr. call "the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States"?

• Selma, Alabama

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Homewood, Alabama

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What is the title of King's famous speech?

• "I Have a Wish"

• "We Have a Dream"

• "I Have a Dream"

• "We Have a Wish"

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Who shot Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Leon Czolgosz

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• John Wilkes Booth

• James Earl Ray

What year was the Voting Rights Act passed?

• 1965

• 1945

• 1975

• 1955

What year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

• 1964

• 1965

• 1954

• 1955

Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.

• True

• False

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Time magazine named Martin Luther King, Jr. "Man of the Year".

• True

• False

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