Easy Martin Luther Jr. Trivia Quiz Questions
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
A: Martin Luther King Jr. was an American
Baptist minister and activist who was a leader
in the Civil Rights Movement.
When was he born?
A: January 15, 1929.
What is he best known for?
A: For his role in the advancement of civil
rights.
What did King become early in his career?
A: A civil rights activist.
He led the 1955 Montgomery what?
A: Bus boycott.
King helped found the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as
it’s what?
A: First president.
With the SCLC, where did King lead an
unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation?
A: In Albany, Georgia.
King also helped organize the 1963 nonviolent
protests in what city?
A: Birmingham, Alabama.
King also helped to organize the 1963 March on
Washington, where he delivered what?
A: His famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
What did King receive on October 14, 1964?
A: The Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial
inequality through nonviolent resistance.
What did he help organize in 1965?
A: The Selma to Montgomery marches.
In 1966 what did he and SCLC do?
A: They took the movement north to Chicago to
work on segregated housing.
In the final years of his life, King expanded
his focus to include opposition towards what?
A: Poverty and the Vietnam War.
In 1968, King was planning a national occupation
of Washington, D.C., to be called what?
A: The Poor People's Campaign.
When was he assassinated?
A: On April 4, 1968.
Where was he assassinated?
A: In Memphis, Tennessee.
In many US cities his death was followed by
what?
A: Riots.
King was posthumously awarded what medals?
A: The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the
Congressional Gold Medal.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a
what?
A: Holiday in numerous cities and states
beginning in 1971.
When did it become a federal holiday?
A: In 1986.
Hundreds of “what” in the U.S. have been renamed
in his honor?
A: Streets.
In what state was a county renamed after him?
A: Washington.
In what year was the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial on the National Mall in Washington,
D.C., dedicated?
A: In 2011.
