10 Fun Facts about Martin Luther King Jr.
- MLK's name was actually not Martin, it was Michael
- MLK started college at age 15
- His first speech at the Lincoln Memorial wasn't the "I Had a Dream" speech. His first speech there was May 17, 1957
- MLK was imprisoned 29 times for civil disobedience
- MLK had an assassination attempt September 20, 1958
- MLK's mother was killed in a mass shooting at church
- MLK day was established shortly after his assassination in 1968
- He's the only American, other than Washington to have their birthday a national holiday
- He was kicked out of first grade
- One of his first job's was working for the newspaper
