5. During His Lifetime He Was Jailed 29 Times... Including For Speeding
King was an extremely controversial figure in the USA during a time of heightened racial turbulence - and he was jailed an incredible 29 times in all, including for his passive-resistant actions. However, not all of his arrests were for civil disobedience - in fact he was charged with speeding - but one of his most-famous convictions was for his role supporting Rosa Parks during the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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