Answer these questions by clicking on the link provided for each question. Read the information, and then write your answer on your worksheet. (Print the worksheet.)

 

Use this link to answer questions 1-9. Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
After you click on the link above, you will need to click on the small pictures on the left side of the screen to see the information.

1. When was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. born?

2. When was Dr. King ordained as a Baptist minister?

3. What happened on December 5, 1955?

4. Dr. King was arrested several times for protesting. His thirteenth arrest came on what date?

5. When did Dr. King meet with President John F. Kennedy and deliver his "I have a Dream" speech?

6. Who was assassinated on November 22, 1963?

7. What happened in December 1964?

8. What speech did Dr. King deliver on April 3, 1968?

9. When was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

Use this link to answer questions 10-11. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.

10. In January 2002, we will celebrate the _______ anniversary of Dr. King's birth.

11. Why was Dr. King arrested on January 26, 1956? (Hint: Click on MLK timeline.)

12. What was the result of Rosa Parks not wanting to give up her bus seat to a white passenger? Rosa Parks

 

When you finish answering these questions, browse some of the sites below:

African Games

Stamp on Black History (A ThinkQuest site.)

Shadowball: The Story of the Negro Leagues (A ThinkQuest site)

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