5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About MLK
This week, in remembrance and honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, $5 from each purchase over $99 will be donated to social causes upholding his legacy and values. Offer from 1/17/22 through 1/23/22.
1. King skipped grades nine and twelve before enrolling at Morehouse College at 15 years old.
2. King was jailed 29 times for acts of civil disobedience and trumped-up charges.
3. King's "I Have A Dream" speech was not his first at the Lincoln Memorial. Six years earlier he spoke during the prayer pilgrimage for freedom.
4. King narrowly escaped an assassination attempt a decade before his death while at a book signing in Harlem, New York City.
5. King and George Washington are the only two Americans to have had their birthdays observed as a national holiday
