Test your knowledge with quiz on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. challenged the United States to uphold the promise of the Declaration of Independence that all men be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

This quiz provides an opportunity to test your knowledge of King and the modern civil rights movement as we observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

1. Who was the first advocate of nonviolent resistance in the civil rights movement?

A. Bayard Rustin; B. Martin Luther King Jr.; C. Bob Moses; D. Rosa Parks

2. After which major victory did King rise as a leader of the movement?

A. Brown v. Board of Education; B. integration of Little Rock High School; C. Montgomery bus boycott; D. Civil Rights Act of 1964

3. Which civil rights organization did King help found and lead?

4. Whose criticism was King responding to in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?

A. Birmingham’s businessmen; B. local religious leaders; C. white, moderate liberals; D. black activists 5. At which event was King not present? A. Sit-in at Woolworth’s counter in Greensboro, N.C.; B. Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, Ala.; C. March on Washington; D. march across bridge in Selma, Ala.

6. What do Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and King have in common?

A. Followers of the Nation of Islam; B. advocates of nonviolent resistance; C. belonged to the Communist Party; D. protested U.S. involvement in Vietnam War

7. King marched alongside which man in the “March Against Fear” when he coined the term “Black Power!”?

A. Huey Newton; B. Stokely Carmichael; C. Bobby Seale; D. Malcolm X 8. Where was King assassinated? A. Birmingham; B. Atlanta; C. Memphis; D. Jackson 9. Who signed the legislation establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday?

A. Ronald Reagan; B. Jimmy Carter; C. Bill Clinton; D. George H.W. Bush

Answers: 1-A, 2-C, 3-D, 4-B, 5-A, 6-D, 7-B, 8-C, 9-A