Martin Luther King Day: How much do you know about MLK? Take our quiz

Monday is Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. It honors the slain civil rights leader. How much do you know about him? Here are 10 questions.

2. Why did Attorney General Robert Kennedy order King’s phones wire-tapped in 1963?

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledging the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, marks the 25th federal observance of the birth of King, one of America's most celebrated citizens, and the only non-US president to be honored with a national holiday.

Kennedy believed King might turn the civil right's movement in a more violent direction.

Kennedy feared that King was speaking with communists.

King had openly sympathized with Fidel Castro in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Kennedy had the phones tapped for King’s safety.

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