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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    Events and facts of significance from the life of Dr. King
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  • In what month was Dr. King born?
    January
    February
    December
    October
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  • In what city and state was Martin born?
    Atlanta, Georgia
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  • Martin's mother taught him to read before he started school.
    False
    True
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  • Describe the event from Martin's childhood that shaped his life.
    The mother of his white friends told Martin he could no longer play with her children.
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  • Dr. King believed that all people can learn to ___________________.
    live in peace, respect each other, get along together.
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  • What did Martin study in college?
    Religion or Divinity (the study of how people worship).
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  • Segregation means
    Rules and laws that kept people of different races apart from each other.
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  • Integration means
    Bringing together people of different races.
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  • How did Dr. King help the African American bus riders in Birmingham, Alabama?
    He organized a boycott so that no one would ride the city buses.
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  • Dr. King was arrested and taken to jail.
    False
    True
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  • Many people disagreed with Dr. King's ideas and tried to stop him.
    False
    True
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  • When Martin was growing up, black and white people could not go to the same _____________________.
    restaurants, bathrooms, water fountains, public parks, beaches, or swimming pools
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