United StatesQuestion 85 (2008 list) · Recent American history

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

  1. aFought for civil rightsCorrect answer
  2. bFreed the slaves
  3. cServed on the Supreme Court
  4. dBecame President of the United States

Why?

Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for civil rights. You could also say he worked for equality for all Americans. He led peaceful protests in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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