Dr. Martin Luther King
Scavenger Hunt
A Day On, Not a Day Off !
1.What does this statement mean to you?
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We take for granted Martin Luther Kings Birthday, it should have an active kindness.
Something that Martin Luther King would do, and take the time to help someone out or
be greatful.
2. Go to the timeline and write down what happened to Martin Luther
King in 1935.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm
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He was told that he couldn’t play with his friends because they were white & Martin
was black.
3. Click on this link to hear Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream"
speech. Write down your favorite part of the speech and explain why you
picked that part.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
“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 character.”
 I picked this part of the speech because today, what he said was accomplished. Now we
don't judge each other weather they are black or white. Everyone is united & act like a
family most of the time.
4. Dr. Martin Luther King had a wife and four children. What were their
names?
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Coretta Scott King (wife) ; Yolanda King (daughter) ; Martin Luther King III (son) ;
Dexter Scott King (son) ; Bernice King (daughter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King
5.When was Martin Luther King born?
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January 15, 1929
6. Why is September 17, 1958 important?
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King’s first book Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published.
7. What was one thing that happened in 1963?
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On March 28, 1963 Bernice Albertine, King’s fourth child was born.
8. Why was Dr. King arrested June 11, 1964?
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He was eating at a only white resturant
9. Make up a question of your own.
http://mlk-
kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/resources/article/king_major_events_chrono
logy_1929_1968/
10. In 1967,Reader's Digestwarned that a campaign led by Dr. King would
cause an "insurrection." What was the name of this campaign?
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The Poor peoples campaign
11. What does "insurrection" mean?
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Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest
control from another
http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html
12. What is Dr. King's definition of greatness? What do you need to be
great?
http://thekingcenter.org/
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s definition of greatness is "greatness comes in all people... no
matter the color, no matter the race, or no matter how a person looks. Everyone has
greatness.
13. What was Dr. King's nickname as a child?
http://www.nps.gov/malu/
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He went by the nickname "M.L."
14. Martin Luther King received several hundred awards. Write three of
them down.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html
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 Nobel Prize Of Peace
He won freedom for every colored people in the u.s and stopped slavery.
 American Liberties Medallion
15. Go to this site and look at the pictures of where Dr. King was
born, lived, and worked. What is the address of Dr. King's birth home?
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/kin.htm
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Martin Luther King, Jr., birth home at 501 Auburn Ave.