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True.
King was killed at a motel in Memphis on April 4th 1968.
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C) 12
What age did King attempt suicide?
A) 8 B) 17 C) 12 D) Never |
At the age of 12, he seems to have tried to commit suicide. It was May of 1941 when his grandmother passed away after a heart attack. At the time of this event, King Jr. was off disobeying his parents by going to watch a parade when they told him not to
1. Which state was the last state to officially observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
A) Arizona B) New Hampshire C) Utah D) All 50 states started at the same time |
The original draft was entitled "Normalcy - Never Again" and didn't contain any references to King's dreams.
1. What was the original name of the speech?
A) Peace-Future of tomorrow B) Normalcy-Never Again C) Freedom for Negro’s |
The holiday itself was originally signed into federal law by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, with the first MLK holiday on January 20, 1986.
What president originally signed into federal law in 1983 to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
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False. King wasn’t the only one to die at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968. After he was killed, one of the hotel workers, Lorraine Bailey (who was also the wife of the motel owner and who it was named after), upon seeing King get shot, had
Lorrain Bailey, the wife of the motel owner, was operating the switchboard the day King was killed and ignored the call for help when King was shot.
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C) Playing the organ
What was Alberta Williams King doing when she was killed?
A) Washing dishes B) Attending a civil rights movement C) Playing the organ D) She wasn’t killed |
She was killed while attending church in Atlanta in 1974 by a 23 year old man, Marcus Wayne Chenault, who believed “all Christians are my enemies”. He shot and killed her while she was playing organ at the church.
True or False. King donated all his winnings from the Nobel Peace Prize to his church.
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The head of the FBI's domestic intelligence division, William Sullivan, was not as enamored. Two days later, he wrote in a memo that the speech solidified King "as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the
Following Kings’ speech what did William Sullivan, head of the FBI at the time, say about King and why?
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Martin Luther King Jr. was nearly assassinated a decade earlier than his ultimate death. While on a book tour, signing copies of his book Stride Toward Freedom, on September 20, 1958, King was approached by Izola Ware Curry who asked him if he was Martin
On September 20, 1958, King was approached by Izola Ware Curry who asked him if he was Martin Luther King Jr., which he of course replied affirmatively. When he said he was, she said “I’ve been looking for you for five years.” What did she do next?
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At the age of 12, he seems to have tried to commit suicide. It was May of 1941 when his grandmother passed away after a heart attack. At the time of this event, King Jr. was off disobeying his parents by going to watch a parade when they told him not to
King attempted suicide when he was child.
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A) Moorehouse
Which college did King attend?
A) Moorehouse B) Howard C) Tuskegee D) King did not attend college |
Grammy.
King won a ---------- in 1971 for Best Spoken Word Album for "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam”.
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A crowd of nearly 250,000 with his resounding "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs on August 28, 1963.
Following Kings’ speech what did William Sullivan, head of the FBI at the time, say about King and why?
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After hearing the speech, the FBI went on high alert when it came to dealing with King. William Sullivan, head of domestic intelligence for the bureau, said, “In the light of King’s powerful, demagogic speech… he stands head and shoulders over all other N
Why did the FBI see King as such a great after the “I have a dream speech”?
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His mother, Alberta Williams King, was also murdered. She was killed while attending church in Atlanta in 1974 by a 23 year old man, Marcus Wayne Chenault, who believed “all Christians are my enemies”. He shot and killed her while she was playing organ
Alberta Williams King, his mother, died in 1974 of an old age.
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D) Funeral Parlor
Where did King spend his honeymoon?
A) King did not have a honeymoon B) Church C) Home D) Funeral Parlor |
During the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
During what civil rights movement was Kings’ house bombed?
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He was the last person to speak, so many of the 200,000 people who had attended the day’s march had either already left or were in the process of leaving.
There were over 200,000 people who attended the march. Why didn’t all 200,000 people hear the speech?
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King's children.
Who is Dexter, Yolanda, Martin and Bernice?
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He almost didn’t become a minister. After graduating from college, he still had serious doubts about Christianity and the Bible and told his father (who was a Baptist minister, as his grandfather had also been) that he didn’t want to be a minister and in
Since king was little his dream was always to become a minister.
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D) 35
5. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 at what age?
A) 28 B) 19 C)41 D) 35 |
39.
At what age was King murdered?
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After such a long day, organizers urged King to keep the speech to less than five minutes, although he wound up speaking for seventeen minutes.
How long was the speech?
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Nicotine.
What was King’s addiction?
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