Download and print this free Martin Luther King word search — 15 hidden words tracing his life from BAPTIST minister to national LEADER, including the MONTGOMERY bus BOYCOTT and the MARCH on WASHINGTON. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and ready for January classroom lessons, assembly handouts, or a family conversation about the civil rights movement.
The word list is easy-to-medium: MARCH, DREAM and UNITY give younger solvers a quick foothold, while CIVILRIGHTS, MONTGOMERY and NOBELPRIZE take more careful searching. It works well from about age 8 up, and pairs naturally with a lesson on the plain facts of his life — a Baptist minister who led the Montgomery bus boycott and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
Every word traces a real chapter of his life: the BAPTIST MINISTER who studied JUSTICE and EQUALITY, the BOYCOTT that began in MONTGOMERY, and the MARCH that carried his DREAM toward WASHINGTON. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- MINISTER
- BAPTIST
- BOYCOTT
- MONTGOMERY
- NOBELPRIZE
- MARCH
- WASHINGTON
- CIVILRIGHTS
- EQUALITY
- JUSTICE
- DREAM
- ATLANTA
- PREACHER
- UNITY
- LEADER