Quiz  /  Did You Know? Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiz

  • 1. 
    Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., born?

  • Memphis, Tennessee
  • Selma, Alabama
  • Chester, Pennsylvania
  • Atlanta, Georgia

  • 2. 
    How old was King when he entered Morehouse College in Atlanta?

  • 21
  • 18
  • 15
  • 16

  • 3. 
    Where did King attend seminary?

  • Dallas Theological Seminary
  • Fuller Theological Seminary
  • Crozer Theological Seminary
  • Princeton Theological Seminary

  • 4. 
    Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., earn his doctorate?

  • Tufts University
  • Duke University
  • Northeastern University
  • Boston University

  • 5. 
    What boycott of a segregated service did King help lead as part of the Montgomery Improvement Association?

  • sanitation
  • libraries
  • education
  • public transit

  • 6. 
    What organization gave King a base of operation in the South and nationwide attention?

  • the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  • the Congress of Racial Equality
  • the National Urban League
  • the Montgomery Improvement Association

  • 7. 
    Who did King write his famous “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” to?

  • President John F. Kennedy
  • his supporters
  • white police
  • white clergy

  • 8. 
    About how many people gathered for the March on Washington in 1963?

  • 150,000
  • more than 200,000
  • 75,000
  • 100,000
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