Civil Rights
6 questions tagged Civil Rights — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give the I Have a Dream speech?
He delivered it on 28 August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
When was slavery abolished in the United States?
Slavery was formally abolished nationwide when the 13th Amendment was ratified on 6 December 1865.
When did women get the right to vote?
New Zealand was first in 1893; UK women got partial voting rights in 1918 and US women won the vote with the 19th Amendment in 1920.
When was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on 4 April 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 39 years old.
When did apartheid end?
Apartheid was dismantled between 1990 and 1994, ending with South Africa’s first democratic election in April 1994.
Whose Speech Is "I Have a Dream"?
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington.