Beyond his leadership of the civil rights struggle, there are many surprising details about his legacy.
In his 13 years as a civil rights leader, King was arrested 30 times, largely for misdemeanours and civil protest violations, according to. Though he was often a target of law enforcement, King did not relish being imprisoned.
He was arrested in October 1960 after a sit-in at a department store in Atlanta and was held in Georgia State Prison. He , Coretta, from jail saying that he hoped the "excessive suffering that is now coming to our family will in some little way serve to make Atlanta a better city, Georgia a better state, and America a better country".According to the King Center, King wrote five books over the course of his lifetime and published numerous collections of his letters and sermons.
His 1964 book, Why We Can't Wait, recounted the events that led to the landmark Birmingham, Alabama, campaign to end segregation.Nichelle Nichols, better known as the original Lt Nyota Ohura in Star Trek, was once introduced to someone claiming to be "her biggest fan" - Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Nichols had resigned from her ground-breaking role on Star Trek days before they met at an awards ceremony.
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