Felony Charges | Morehouse College

Ironically, he also served as an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jackson attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, majoring in dramatic arts. He founded the Just Us Theater while attending Morehouse, and in 1968 he was an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1969 Jackson and several other students held the members of the Morehouse Board of Trustees hostage on campus until they agreed to administrative and curriculum changes. An agreement was made but Jackson was forced to leave Morehouse for two years. He returned and graduated in 1972. - See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/jackson-samuel-l-1948#sthash.By1cUJU7.dpuf

Jackson joined Morehouse in 1966 at the height of the civil-rights movement. The Atlanta college is also where Dr. King went to college, and after his assassination in 1968 it was at Spelman College, the Historically Black women's school which is adjacent to Morehouse, that he laid in state.

It turns out that the real life Samuel L Jackson is just as bad a** as all the characters he plays.

As an actor, Samuel L Jackson utilises his intense glare and persuasive manner to intimidate and threaten all manner of villains. In 1969, Jackson and other students channelled great vengeance and furious anger when they held teaching staff hostage at Morehouse College, demanding a reform of the curriculum - it worked, but Jackson was convicted for unlawful confinement. Sam also started moving in the same circles as the Black Panther movement when it became militant, but in a move reminiscent of the Fresh Prince, his mother sent him to live in LA, where he would forever be confused with Laurence Fishburne.

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American film and television actor and film...