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  • What was the name of the famous speech that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963?

    I Have a Dream

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909?

    W.E.B. Du Bois

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American to serve as Attorney General of the United States?

    Thurgood Marshall

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960?

    Ella Baker

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize?

    Gwendolyn Brooks

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962?

    Cesar Chavez

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Congress?

    Shirley Chisholm

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who founded the Children's Defense Fund in 1973?

    Marian Wright Edelman

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court?

    Thurgood Marshall

  • What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

    Brown v. Board of Education

  • What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth name?

    Michael King Jr.

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court?

    Thurgood Marshall

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964?

    Fannie Lou Hamer

  • What was the title of Martin Luther King Jr.'s doctoral dissertation?

    A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who organized the Freedom Rides in 1961?

    James Farmer

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was shot and killed while leading a voting rights march in Alabama in 1965?

    Jimmie Lee Jackson

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

    Bessie Coleman

  • On what date was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

    April 4, 1968

  • Which magazine named Martin Luther King Jr. 'Man of the Year' in 1963?

    Time

  • At what age did Martin Luther King Jr. receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

    35

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

    Martin Luther King Jr.

  • In which year did Martin Luther King Jr. graduate from Morehouse College?

    1948

  • Which African leader did Martin Luther King Jr. meet during his trip to Africa in 1957?

    Kwame Nkrumah

  • What is the name of the street where Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised?

    Auburn Avenue

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957?

    Ralph Abernathy

  • Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his 'I Have a Dream' speech?

    Lincoln Memorial

  • Which Indian leader's philosophy of nonviolence greatly influenced Martin Luther King Jr.?

    Mahatma Gandhi

  • What was the name of the church where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor?

    Ebenezer Baptist Church

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942?

    James Farmer

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

    Coretta Scott King

  • What was the name of the peaceful protest organized by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C. in 1963?

    March on Washington

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal?

    Jesse Owens

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013?

    Alicia Garza

  • What organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help found in 1957?

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American to serve as a justice on the United States Supreme Court?

    Thurgood Marshall

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to serve as the United States National Security Advisor?

    Condoleezza Rice

  • What is the name of the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated?

    Lorraine Motel

  • In which year was the first official Martin Luther King Jr. Day observed?

    1986

  • In what year was Martin Luther King Jr. born?

    1929

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of State?

    Condoleezza Rice

  • Which U.S. President signed legislation establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday?

    Ronald Reagan

  • Which U.S. President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

    Lyndon B. Johnson

  • What was the name of the civil rights leader who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966?

    Bobby Seale

  • In which city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

    Memphis, Tennessee

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955?

    Rosa Parks

  • Which famous author wrote an essay titled 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' in response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter of the same name?

    James Baldwin

  • What was the name of the organization that Martin Luther King Jr. co-founded in 1957?

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

  • What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s occupation?

    Civil Rights Activist

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968?

    Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Which American poet wrote the poem 'In the Mecca,' dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.?

    Gwendolyn Brooks

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?

    Halle Berry

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who coined the phrase 'Black Power'?

    Stokely Carmichael

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi?

    James Meredith

  • What was the name of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963?

    I Have a Dream

  • Which gospel singer performed at the March on Washington before Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech?

    Mahalia Jackson

  • Which city saw the launch of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Chicago Freedom Movement in 1966?

    Chicago

  • Which of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children followed in his footsteps and became a minister?

    Bernice King

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal?

    Wilma Rudolph

  • How many children did Martin Luther King Jr. have?

    4

  • What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife?

    Coretta Scott King

  • What was the name of the bus boycott that Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize in 1955?

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?

    Jackie Robinson

  • What was the main goal of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign?

    Economic justice

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez in 1962?

    Dolores Huerta

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who founded the Black Panther Party in 1966?

    Bobby Seale

  • What was the name of the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968?

    Lorraine Motel

  • In which year was Martin Luther King Jr. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

    1964

  • What was the name of the FBI director who ordered surveillance on Martin Luther King Jr.?

    J. Edgar Hoover

  • What was the name of the campaign that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee, where he was assassinated?

    Sanitation Workers' Strike

  • Who was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.?

    James Earl Ray

  • Which civil rights activist introduced Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington?

    A. Philip Randolph

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to win a Tony Award?

    Juanita Hall

  • Which famous musician composed a choral piece titled 'The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed' inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches?

    Joel Thompson

  • What was the name of the bus boycott that Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • How many people attended the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech?

    About 250,000

  • What was the name of the civil rights leader who was beaten by police during the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama in 1965?

    John Lewis

  • Which university awarded Martin Luther King Jr. his Ph.D.?

    Boston University

  • In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. first serve as a pastor?

    Montgomery, Alabama

  • What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s father?

    Martin Luther King Sr.

  • What was the date of the Montgomery Bus Boycott's successful end?

    December 20, 1956

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize?

    Toni Morrison

  • What was the name of the civil rights legislation signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964?

    Civil Rights Act

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American mayor of a major city in the United States?

    Carl Stokes

  • What was the name of the civil rights legislation that was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964?

    Civil Rights Act

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the Freedom Riders in 1961?

    John Lewis

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was shot and killed by a state trooper during a voting rights march in Alabama in 1965?

    Jimmie Lee Jackson

  • What was the name of the voting rights campaign led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama in 1965?

    Selma to Montgomery March

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to serve as the United States Attorney General?

    Loretta Lynch

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966?

    Betty Friedan

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was assassinated alongside Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968?

    James Earl Ray

  • What was the name of the organization that Martin Luther King Jr. helped found in 1957?

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference

  • What was the name of the letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. while he was imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963?

    Letter from Birmingham Jail

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?

    Shirley Chisholm

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to win an Emmy Award?

    Ethel Waters

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?

    Hattie McDaniel

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was beaten and killed by police officers in Los Angeles in 1991?

    Rodney King

  • What was the name of the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.?

    James Earl Ray

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez?

    Dolores Huerta

  • What was the name of the civil rights activist who was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University?

    W.E.B. Du Bois
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