Q 01/05

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s name at birth?

A) Michael Jr.

B) Marcus Jr.

C) Matthew Jr.

D) Frederick Jr.

Answer · why

A) Michael Jr.

Michael Jr. was his birth name; his father, also a Michael, came home from a 1934 trip to Europe and changed both their names to Martin Luther.

Q 02/05

Roughly how many people attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

A) 50,000

B) 100,000

C) 250,000

D) 1 million

Answer · why

C) 250,000

250,000 is the most widely cited estimate; organizers had aimed for at least 100,000, and the turnout made it the largest demonstration the capital ha...

Q 03/05

Who was the principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

A) Bayard Rustin

B) James Farmer

C) John Lewis

D) Whitney Young

Answer · why

A) Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin ran the planning as deputy to A. Philip Randolph, who took the lead title because some leaders feared attacks on Rustin as a gay man and...

Q 04/05

Which Indian leader's campaigns against British rule became the model for King's protest methods?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru

B) B. R. Ambedkar

C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer · why

C) Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi won King over in 1950, when a lecture on the Indian leader so electrified the seminary student that he went out and bought half a dozen...

Q 05/05

What prestigious award did Martin Luther King Jr. receive in 1964?

A) Presidential Medal of Freedom

B) Nobel Peace Prize

C) Pulitzer Prize

D) Congressional Gold Medal

Answer · why

B) Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize in hand at 35, King was then the youngest man to receive it, and he pledged the entire award of about $54,000 to the civil rights mo...