Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiz

MLK Quiz

How well do you know MLK's works and ideology?

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Question 01

Which one of these excerpts are from the "I Have A Dream" speech made on the March on Washington in 1963?

"We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: for whites only."

"But to be Black in a White society is not to stand on level and equal ground. While the races may stand side-by-side, Whites stand on history's mountain and Blacks stand in history's hollow."

"This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened."

Question 02

Who does King primarily express his frustration with in "A Letter From Birmingham Jail"?

White Citizens Councillors

The white moderate

Ku Klux Klanners

Question 03

Which one of these did not come from any of King's speeches?

"...until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skin, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. To the extent that the proclamation of emancipation is not fulfilled in fact, to that extent, we have fallen short of assuring freedom to the freed."

"Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shores, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society. From the sixteenth century forward, blood flowed in battles over racial supremacy."

"The first thing I would like to mention is that there must be a recognition on the part of everybody in this nation that America is still a racist country. Now however unpleasant that sounds, it is the truth. And we will never solve the problem of racism until there is a recognition of the fact that racism still stands at the center of so much of our nation and we must see racism for what it is."

Question 04

Which war did King address his opposition during a speech on April 4, 1967 in New York?

The Civil War

The Korean War

The Vietnam War

Question 05

Which party did King promote in a 1958 interview at Bennett College?

The Democratic Party

No Party

The Republican Party

Question 06

What were King's thoughts on reparations for Black Americans?

In favor of reparations; believed that reparations must be implemented into communities rather than raw cash

In favor of reparations; proposed a $50 billion reparations plan that would be given to all disadvantaged groups

Against reparations; since all groups would not have reparations, then it would not be equal and thus, unfair

Question 07

Which is one of the "Three Evils" that King conveyed in his speech to the National Conference on New Politics in 1967?

The evil of militarism

The evil of elitism

The evil of segregation

Question 08

What did many of the demonstrations and protests that King organized aim to disrupt?

Racism

Classism

Capitalism

Question 09

Whose ideology did King not take into account when planning nonviolent demonstrations and protests?

Bull Connor

Mahatma Gandhi

Howard Thurman

Question 10

What does King accept in his speech for the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded 1964?

"...that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction."

"...that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality."

"...this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind."

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Civil rights activist Martin Luther King is an example of a Black figure whose ideology has largely been whitewashed and reduced to a small part of his “I Have a Dream” speech. While he was alive, King received a 33% approval rate in a 1966 Gallup Poll, meaning that less than half of Americans supported his message, even with his nonviolent methods. Now, more than 50 years after his death, he’s seen as a quotable, amicable martyr who always strived for peace — though it’s likely that today, his “radicalism” would not be appreciated by the same people who tweet out-of-context King quotes.

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