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the
truth about

What follows are 8
statements about MLK.
Do you know which
ones are true and
which are false?

George Washington is the only other American to
have had his birthday observed as a national
holiday. In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a
bill that created a federal holiday to honor King.
TRUE OR FALSE?

Surprising autopsy results: When he died, King was only
39 years old, but upon final autopsy, the medical
examiner was surprised to find that his heart had the
wear and tear of a 60-year-old. The doctor said he
believed this to be the result of stress.
TRUE OR FALSE?

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He spent his wedding night in a funeral home: At the
time of his marriage to Coretta Scott King in 1953,
honeymoon suites were unavailable to African
Americans. Because of this, the couple spent their
wedding night in a funeral home owned by a friend.
TRUE OR FALSE?

He was a Trekkie: At a fund-raiser, King convinced actress
Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura, to stay onboard
when it was rumored she wanted to leave after the first
season of the original “Star Trek.” He told Nichols he was
her greatest fan.
TRUE OR FALSE?

King narrowly escaped an assassination attempt a decade before his death. On
September 20, 1958, King was in Harlem signing copies of his new book, “Stride
Toward Freedom,” in Blumstein’s department store when he was approached by
Izola Ware Curry. The woman asked if he was Martin Luther King Jr. After he said yes,
Curry said, “I’ve been looking for you for five years,” and she plunged a seven-inch
letter opener into his chest. The tip of the blade came to rest alongside his aorta,
and King underwent hours of delicate emergency surgery. Surgeons later told King
that just one sneeze could have punctured the aorta and killed him. From his
hospital bed where he convalesced for weeks, King issued a statement affirming his
nonviolent principles and saying he felt no ill will toward his mentally ill attacker.
TRUE OR FALSE?

He once attempted suicide: Distraught over the death of
his grandmother Jennie, 12-year-old Martin jumped from
a second story window at his family home, allegedly
attempting suicide.
TRUE OR FALSE?

King’s birth name was Michael, not Martin. The civil rights
leader was born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929. In
1934, however, his father, a pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer
Baptist Church, traveled to Germany and became inspired
by the Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther. As a
result, King Sr. changed his own name as well as that of
his 5-year-old son.
TRUE OR FALSE?

King entered college at the age of 15. King was such a gifted
student that he skipped grades nine and 12 before enrolling in 1944
at Morehouse College, the alma mater of his father and maternal
grandfather. Although he was the son, grandson and great-
grandson of Baptist ministers, King did not intend to follow the
family vocation until Morehouse president Benjamin E. Mays, a
noted theologian, convinced him otherwise. King was ordained
before graduating college with a degree in sociology.
TRUE OR FALSE?

ALL THE STATEMENTS
WERE TRUE
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