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Martin Luther King Quiz for Kids

What do you know about this great civil rights leader? Take our quiz and find out.

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1. In 1955, a woman named Rosa Parks became a symbol of the civil rights movement and galvanized young black leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. What did she do that caused such a stir?

  She was a student who attempted to desegregate a southern university.
  She was a black woman in the south who refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
  She wrote "The Color Purple."

2. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in progress through the use of non-violent means. Who was an important influence on King's philosophy?

  John F. Kennedy
  Gandhi
  Abraham Lincoln

3. What song is most often associated with Dr. Martin Luther King?

  "Go Tell it On the Mountain"
  "Amazing Grace"
  "We Shall Overcome"

4. MLK was assassinated in April, 1968, in Memphis. Who was arrested for this crime?

  James Earl Ray
  Sara Jane Moore
  Lee Harvey Oswald

5. In what year did Martin Luther King receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

  1961
  1964
  King didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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