Scavenger Hunt
Martin Luther King, Jr.
You are going on a WEB Scavenger Hunt. You will visit
specific sites to gather information on Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Fill out the data sheet and then create a way to share
your information. You might want to write a Power Point
Report, or make a Poster with a picture.
WHAT TO DO:
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Next, take notes on your data sheet.
Then, decide on a way to share your information with your
teacher (See two possibilities above.) and create your
presentation.
Resource:
Life's
Early Life Education Family
Work
Death
Early Life: Top 
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929 and
named Michael Luther King. When he was about six years old, he was renamed Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was one of three children of Martin Luther King (who was a Baptist pastor) and Alberta King, a former
schoolteacher.
Education: Top 
Martin Luther King, Jr. attended elementary school, junior, and senior high
schools in Atlanta. He graduate from Morehouse College in 1948 with a degree in Sociology. He decided
to become a minister after meeting Dr. Benjamin Mays who inspired him to dedicate his life to the
ministry. He attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa. and won the Plafker Award for being
the outstanding student of his graduation class and the J. Lewis Crozer Fellowship for graduate study at a
university of his choice. He went on to complete his doctorate at Boston University in 1955.
Family:
Top 
He married Coretta Scott and had four children (Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter, and
Bernice).
Life's Work: Top 
The work (other than the ministry) for which he dedicated
his life for was to change race relations in the United States and to do it peacefully. This work began when
Dr. King helped the African-American people in Montgomery,
Alabama boycott (boycott means to stop using something) the
Montgomery city buses. The African-Americans in Montgomery
would not ride the city's bus lines because they were required to sit
only in the back of the bus. The front of the bus was reserved for
white people. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and harassed for
leading this boycott, but he never fought back. His home was even
bombed. Later, our U.S. Supreme Court declared bus segregation
unconstitutional. Then, African-American people could legally sit
anywhere on the buses.
(picture found on http://www.nps.gov/malu/frames/jframesr.htm)
King went on to organize peaceful protest marches in other cities.
Many African-American people joined his marches and so did some
white people. They wanted to change some things that were
happening to African-Americans. In most cities in the South,
African-Americans could not eat in the city's restaurants, swim in the
city's pools, and also could only sit in special "Blacks Only" waiting rooms at bus stations. Even restrooms
had "Blacks only" and "whites only" restrooms.
Dr. King, Jr. became a national hero for his work to help the United States give equal rights to people of
all skin colors. He also received the Nobel Peace Prize for accomplishing this using peaceful means.
Death: Top 
On April 4th, 1968, Dr. King was shot while on the balcony Lorraine Hotel in
Memphis, Tennesse. A man names James Earl Ray was tried and sentenced for killing Dr. King. Many of
Dr. King's family do not believe that James Earl Ray was responsible for the killing. James Earl Ray died
in the prison hospital of cancer.
Information for this page came from the following
websites:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/ The Seattle Times
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/ Stanford University's Martin Luther
King, Jr. Paper's Project
http://www.thekingcenter.org/ The King Center