Question

3 Listen about Martin Luther King and say if the statements below are true (T) or false (F). 1 King lived in the 19th century. 2 King's aim was to put an end to segregation¹ in the USA. 3 King and his followers never used force or violence. 4 Rosa Parks from Montgomery was a poor old black woman. 5 Rosa Parks organised a boycott of city buses. 6 King and his followers won their first victory in Montgomery. 7 The 1963 protest march was broadcast. up hope 8 It was very hard for King to organise the protest action in Washington, D.C. 9 In 1965 black Americans were given the right to DREAM vote. 10 King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. polip​

Answer 1

False (Martin Luther King Jr. lived in the 20th century).

True (Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and fought to end segregation in the United States).

True (Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers believed in nonviolent protest).

True (Rosa Parks was an African American woman who worked as a seamstress and was known for her activism in the Civil Rights Movement).

True (Rosa Parks played a key role in organising the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955).

True (The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the first major victories for the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr.).

True (The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was broadcast across the country and is famous for King's "I Have a Dream" speech).

False (The March on Washington was well-organised and attended by over 250,000 people).

False (The Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, giving black Americans the right to vote).

True (Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work in the Civil Rights Movement).