Martin Luther King Jr. Crossword Puzzle
History comes alive through clues and wordplay on this educational page. This Martin Luther King Jr. Crossword Puzzle challenges students to recall ten key facts about the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. It is a meaningful addition to your Black History Month activities and MLK Day lessons.
At the top left of the page, the title "Martin Luther King Jr. Crossword Puzzle" is written in bold black letters. Below and around the title, the crossword grid spreads across the upper two-thirds of the page. In the bottom right corner of the grid area is a black-and-white portrait photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is shown from the chest up, wearing a dark suit jacket, a white shirt and a patterned tie, with a calm, thoughtful expression.
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The lower third of the page holds the clues in two columns. On the left, under the heading “Across,” seven clues ask about places and people from Dr. King’s life: the city after which the university that granted his doctorate is named, the prize he won in 1964, the Georgia city where he was born, the city of the 1955 bus boycott, the Indian leader who inspired his nonviolent approach, the city where he was assassinated, and the college he entered at age fifteen. On the right, under the heading “Down,” four clues ask for his original first name, the term for enforced separation by skin color, the city whose jail he wrote a famous letter from, and the country whose war he publicly opposed.
