Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Facts

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  1. 2. On the 28th day of this month in 1963 at a historic march in Washington DC for jobs, freedom, racial equality and the end of discrimination Martin Luther King delivered his “I have a dream” speech.
  2. 4. Peace prize he won in 1964.
  3. 6. He was born on the 15th day of this month in 1929.
  4. 8. City where he as jailed when he wrote letter defending the strategy of non-violence.
  5. 9. First to adopt MLK Day as a state holiday in 1973
  6. 12. President who signed federal holiday into law on November 2,1983. It took effect in 1986.
  7. 14. College he attended at the age of 15.
  8. 16. In 1957 he along with other civil rights activists founded this organization to organize and conduct non-violent protests for civil rights.
  9. 17. Type of retail store where he had is first experience with racism.
  10. 18. Number of full years he led the civil rights movement.
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  1. 1. Unpopular war he protested against.
  2. 2. City where he was born.
  3. 3. Country he traveled to in February 1959 study Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence.
  4. 5. Last name of Greenville County Council member who first introduced the proposal in 1984 to adopt a legal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was finally adopted in 2006.
  5. 7. City where he lead a bus boycott that propelled him to national prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement.
  6. 10. First name of his wife.
  7. 11. City where attended Seminary.
  8. 13. He was assassinated on the 4th day of this month in 1968.
  9. 14. Name we was given at birth.
  10. 15. Maiden name of his wife.
  11. 19. First name of Greenville County Council member who first introduced the proposal in 1984 to adopt a legal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was finally adopted in 2006.