MARTIN LUTHR KING, JR. HOLIDAY

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  1. 1. His "I Have a Dream" speech was almost never heard. A state-of-the-art sound system was installed for his speech, but was actually sabotaged right before the event began. Luckily, the Attorney General Robert Kennedy was able to enlist the help of the Army ____________ ___ ___________ to fix it in time.
  2. 2. Dr. King was awarded the _________ Prize for Peace in 1964.
  3. 4. Another of the two other figures that have U.S. national holidays honoring them.
  4. 5. MLK Day honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested _______ discrimination in federal and state law.
  5. 9. The organized protest march from _________ to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, became known as "Bloody Sunday," due to the level of police violence against some 600 demonstrators. The march in 1965 drew national attention and is considered as a turning point in the civil rights movement.
  6. 11. First state to adopt the holiday.
  7. 13. Dr. King’s opposition to the _________ ____ angered President Lyndon Johnson.
  8. 16. The " __________ " reference was not part of the original draft written with help from Clarence B. Jones. Dr. King was inspired to add it after singer Mahalia Jackson urged him to "speak about the __________."
  9. 19. King was virtually unknown when he was named as spokesman for the ___________________ Bus Boycott in 1955.
  10. 20. The campaign for MLK Day actually began only four days after his assassination in 196_.
  11. 23. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their _______________.”
  12. 25. Congressman John Conyers, Democrat from ___________, first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated.
  13. 26. Six ____________ signatures were collected for a petition for Congress to pass the law and is considered the largest petition in favor of an issue in U.S. history.
  14. 27. In 1971, Dr. King posthumously won a ___________ award for Best Spoken Word for "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam.”
  15. 28. In 1980, Stevie Wonder released the song “_____________ _______________” dedicated to Dr. King.
  16. 29. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially "Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.") is sometimes referred to as _____ Day.
  17. 31. MLK was _____________ almost 30 times.
  18. 32. MLK Day is the only federal holiday considered a national day of _______.
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  1. 1. One of the two other figures that have national holidays in the U.S. honoring them.
  2. 2. Last state to adopt MLK Day as a paid state holiday, replacing it’s optional Civil Rights Day.
  3. 3. City in which the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center is located.
  4. 6. Location of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
  5. 7. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and _____________.”
  6. 8. The most influential of African American civil rights leaders during the 1960s, Dr. King was instrumental in the passage of the _____ _____ Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, facilities, and employment.
  7. 10. Dr. King’s birthday is January 15. The holiday in his memory is held on the third ________ of January in accordance with the Uniform _________ Holiday Act. Sometimes it falls on his actual birthday.
  8. 12. The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted more than a _______.
  9. 14. Dr. King served as the president of the __________ Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
  10. 15. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in _________.
  11. 17. Dr. King’s final speech was titled “I’ve Been to a ___________.”
  12. 18. Dr. King earned his doctorate from Boston University. In what field?
  13. 21. True or False: Malcolm X teamed up with Dr. King to organize the 1963 March on Washington.
  14. 22. The President that signed the holiday into law in 1983.
  15. 24. First public building named after Dr. King in the U.S., the MLK Memorial ____________.
  16. 25. His birth name was not Martin. It was ________.
  17. 29. MLK began attending college at age 15. He skipped ninth and 12th grade since he was such a gifted pupil, and enrolled at ____________ College in 1944.
  18. 30. True or False: Congress passed the Voting Rights Act before Dr. King's death.