In which year was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
a) 1929
b) 1932
c) 1940
d) 1950
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s profession?
a) Lawyer
b) Teacher
c) Minister
d) Doctor
Which event is considered a key moment in Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights activism?
a) March on Washington
b) Boston Tea Party
c) French Revolution
d) Battle of Gettysburg
Which speech did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963?
a) "I Have a Dream"
b) "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
c) "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
d) "The Drum Major Instinct"
What was the name of the civil rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr.?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
What was the primary tactic of Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights movement?
a) Nonviolent protest
b) Armed resistance
c) Guerrilla warfare
d) Sabotage
What was the name of the bus boycott organized by Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery,
Alabama?
a) Montgomery March
b) Birmingham Boycott
c) Selma Strike
d) Montgomery Bus Boycott
What was the purpose of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?
a) To advocate for civil rights legislation
b) To protest the Vietnam War
c) To demand reparations for slavery
d) To promote economic equality
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, partially fulfilling Martin Luther
King Jr.'s dream?
a) John F. Kennedy
b) Lyndon B. Johnson
c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
d) Richard Nixon
In which city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
a) Memphis, Tennessee
b) Atlanta, Georgia
c) Birmingham, Alabama
d) Washington, D.C.
What was the name of the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated?
a) Lorraine Motel
b) Holiday Inn
c) Motel 6
d) Howard Johnson
Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.?
a) James Earl Ray
b) Lee Harvey Oswald
c) John Wilkes Booth
d) Sirhan Sirhan
Which prestigious award did Martin Luther King Jr. receive in 1964?
a) Nobel Peace Prize
b) Pulitzer Prize
c) Medal of Honor
d) Presidential Medal of Freedom
What was the title of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous letter written from Birmingham Jail?
a) "I Have a Dream"
b) "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
c) "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
d) "The Drum Major Instinct"
Which religious denomination did Martin Luther King Jr. belong to?
a) Baptist
b) Methodist
c) Presbyterian
d) Lutheran
Which landmark Supreme Court case, decided in 1954, did Martin Luther King Jr. support?
a) Brown v. Board of Education
b) Plessy v. Ferguson
c) Roe v. Wade
d) Miranda v. Arizona
In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
a) Washington, D.C.
b) Atlanta, Georgia
c) Birmingham, Alabama
d) Montgomery, Alabama
What was the name of the legislation that sought to end racial segregation in public places and
outlaw discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?
a) Civil Rights Act of 1964
b) Voting Rights Act of 1965
c) Fair Housing Act of 1968
d) Civil Rights Act of 1968
What was the nickname of Martin Luther King Jr.'s father, who was also a prominent Baptist
minister?
a) Daddy King
b) Papa King
c) Reverend King
d) Bishop King
Which city's public transit system did the Montgomery Bus Boycott protest against?
a) Montgomery, Alabama
b) Birmingham, Alabama
c) Atlanta, Georgia
d) Selma, Alabama
Which influential leader of the Indian independence movement greatly inspired Martin Luther
King Jr. with his philosophy of nonviolent resistance?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Sardar Patel
What was the title of Martin Luther King Jr.'s last speech delivered the day before his
assassination?
a) "I Have a Dream"
b) "A Time to Break Silence"
c) "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
d) "The Drum Major Instinct"
What was the main focus of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?
a) Economic equality
b) Racial integration
c) Religious freedom
d) Gender equality
What was the purpose of the Selma to Montgomery marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. in
1965?
a) To demand voting rights for African Americans
b) To protest police brutality
c) To advocate for desegregation of schools
d) To promote economic equality
Which organization did Martin Luther King Jr. co-found in 1957 to fight for civil rights through
nonviolent means?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
c) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
d) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
