Martin Luther King Jr.

Fill in the blanks with the correct passive form of the verb in parentheses:

Martin Luther King Jr., who _______________ (born) in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929, _______________

(recognize) today having been one of America’s leading social reformers. His role as leader of the civil

rights movement began in 1959 when a black woman in Montgomery, Alabama _______________ (arrest)

for refusing to give up to a white man her seat in the front of the bus. This incident served as the

impetus for a bus boycott throughout Montgomery, which _______________ (direct) by King. At the time,

blacks _______________ (discriminate) against severely all over the country, especially in the South, so

they were ready for a fight. King’s belief in nonviolent demonstrations, however, which _______________

(inspired) by Gandhi, _______________ widely _______________ (adopt) by the civil rights movement.

Although blacks _______________ still _______________ (discriminate) against to some degree at the present,

Martin Luther King Jr. made significant gains in the struggle for greater equality. He will always

_______________ (remember) as the leader who peacefully convinced many Americans that the principles

of the Constitution _______________ (not uphold). In 1964, he _______________ (award) the Nobel Prize, the

first black to receive this award. In 1968, just as he was preparing to lead a nationwide campaign on

behalf of the poor, M. L. K. Jr. _______________ (assassinate). His life _______________ (commemorate) every

January on Martin Luther King Day.