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Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer. Any of these is accepted.
Fought for civil rights
  • Also accepted
  • Worked for equality for all Americans
  • Worked to ensure that people would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2025 civics test. Last reviewed September 5, 2026.

This is question 113 of 128 on the 2025 USCIS civics test, in the section Recent history. It is one of the 20 questions on the 65/20 version.

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