2006 MLK Jr. Day Contest (Monday - Friday)
 

To help bring more attention to the radical side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (and for a little fun in the forums) Soulforce is holding a contest all this week, Monday - Friday. At 8:00pm EST every day, a trivia question on Dr. King will be posted to this thread. Be the first to post the correct answer and you win your choice of the DVD Citizen King or the CD collection A Call to Conscience (which contains the great antiwar speech "Beyond Vietnam.")

Have fun!

Contest Rules:
You may only post one answer per question. If your answer is not correct, you cannot submit another answer for that day's question. Soulforce Staff are ineligible and you can only win once. Winners must also provide a ship-to address that Amazon.com can ship to without excessive charges.

You will need to have registered
 

Remember that in order to post your answer, you do have to be registered on the forums. You can do that here: www.soulforce.org/forums/register.php

Monday's Trivia Question

On Thursday, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, even though she was sitting in the black section. After her arrest, the local black community organized a one-day boycott of the city buses to take place on Monday, December 5, 1955. Following the initial success of the campaign, black leaders voted to continue the boycott. They formed a new organization and they named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as its president.

What was the name of the new organization and how old was Dr. King at the time he was chosen its president?

The Montegomory Improvment Asscoication (Spelling?)

I think he was 26 years old, but I could be wrong!

Monday's Winner
 

That is the correct answer! Congratulations Joe! Private message me your address and whether you want the DVD or the CD.

Everyone else, come back tomorrow for Tuesday's trivia question.

Tuesday's Trivia Question

In 1963, Dr. King spent eight days in a jail in Birmingham, Alabama, the south's most segregated city, for leading a demonstration on Good Friday. (After sit-ins and marches, city officials on April 10 had secured a state court injuction against further demonstrations, which King then disregarded.)

While in jail, King came across an open letter from eight white clergymen printed in The Birmingham News. The open letter strongly criticized the mass protests and called upon the black community in Birmingham to not support the demonstrations.

In response, Dr. King wrote the now famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail."

To win today's contest, find both the Letter From Birmingham Jail and the open letter from the eight white clergymen on the internet and post both links here. The links must be to the complete documents.

Tuesday answer
 

This is the letter from the Alabama clergy
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King//...ocs/clergy.pdf
This is King's letter
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf#search='letter%20from%20birmingham% 20jail'


Rob

and do not ask me why you cannot direct link King's letter- I could not get that to work

did I win, huh? did I???
 

Letter from White Clergy :

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/clergy.pdf#search='white%20clergy%20birmingham%20l etter%20jail%20king'

Letter from King (Birmingham Jail)

http://www.almaz.com/nobel/peace/MLK-jail.html

MLK contest
 

Birmingham clergy to King:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/f...ocs/clergy.pdf

King's letter to clergy:

http://www.nobelprizes.com/nobel/peace/MLK-jail.html

These are great reading. Thank you
Virginia Stephenson

Tuesday's Winner is morningrob
 

That answer is correct! Congratulations, morningrob, on being the first! :tup:

Private message me on whether you would like the DVD or the CD collection. Everyone else, tune in tomorrow at 8:00pm for the next trivia question.

p.s. also, if everyone has not yet read those two documents, you should.

aww shucks Rob beat me to 'em
 

bummer
tj

Okay so I'm not the first one to answer, but since I had such a hard time try to access certain sites, and since my computer froze in the process, I'm submitting my answer anyway. ...........http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentd http://www.nobelprizes.com/nobel/pea...ocs/clergy.pdf

Wednesday's Trivia Question
 

Wednesday's Trivia Question

Who is this (first and last name)?

http://www.soulforce.org/images/whois.jpg

p.s. Sorry for being tardy with posting the question. I am at a Soulforce Staff retreat and I looked down and saw it was after 8pm. Yikes!

Here is another picture of him with Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.soulforce.org/images/whois2.jpg

This one is even tougher today, Jamie, do you have a 3rd photo? LOL

Hint #1
 

Here is hint #1. He is a gay man.

Hint #2
 

Here is hint #2. He organized the 1963 March on Washington where Dr. King delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech.

Bayard Rustin

Wednesday's Winner!
 

Congratulations, Shep! That's correct. Private message me about whether you would like the DVD or the CD.

Two more chances to win. I promise to post the question on time Thursday and Friday! :o

p.s. Everyone remember Bayard Rustin!