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1. Neither Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. nor his father, Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. (who was also known by the nickname of "Daddy King") were really named "Martin". They each changed their first names to "Martin" because it sounded more eloquent than the first name they were given. What was the real first name of both men?
2. While studying for his doctorate in theology at Boston University, Martin Luther King met a beautiful young woman who was studying for an advanced degree at the New England Conservatory of Music. Coretta Scott had already gotten a bachelor's degree in music at Antioch College in Ohio. Before becoming King's wife in 1953, Coretta Scott received her advanced degree in both voice and in playing a musical instrument. What instrument?
3. The Kings had four children. Which of them followed in their father's footsteps and became a minister?
4. The first church where Martin Luther King was a minister was in Montgomery, Alabama. Which of his children is named after that church?
5. Although their fathers never met and both men were civil rights leaders who were assassinated, two of their children became very close. Attallah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, and one of Martin Luther King's children both went into acting and frequently collaborated on stage. Which of King's children chose to go into acting?
6. Martin Luther King was not the only member of his immediate family to be assassinated. On June 30, 1974, another member of his family was shot dead inside Ebenezer Baptist Church during a service. Which member of King's family was murdered?
7. Coretta Scott King died on January 30, 2006 in a clinic in Mexico where she was being treated for ovarian cancer. She had told people the one regret she had was not having any grandchildren. Two-and-a-half-years later, on May 25, 2008 one of her children finally had a baby daughter, who was the only grandchild of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King. Which of the King children is the parent of this little girl?
8. On May 15, 2007 one of the Kings' children died very unexpectedly in California, less than a year-and-a-half after mother Coretta. Which one of the Kings' children died at a young age.
9. For the last few years of his life, King's assassin James Earl Ray starred in a particularly grotesque spectacle when he managed to convince Dexter King that he had not murdered his father. Ray claimed--as he always had--that mysterious forces had been behind the assassination, framing him as the killer. Police had investigated Ray's claims and found them to be without merit. But Ray told Dexter King that the only way he could reveal what he knew was through a trial. (Ray had chosen to plead guilty without a trial in 1968.)Not only Dexter King, but other members of the King family backed Ray's plea for a trial. What was wrong with Ray's claim that he could only tell the truth under oath at a trial?
10. A little over a year after Martin Luther King was assassinated, a member of his immediate family drowned in a swimming pool in their own back yard. This relative had been at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis when King was killed and was inconsolable. Which of King's relatives died from drowning in 1969?
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