The King Unwinds
Even the most influential civil rights activists, namely,
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., took time out to unwind sometimes. In this photo, King takes a behind-the-back shot during a game with civil rights leader, Al Raby. The two were inside a pool hall in Chicago.
And no, this isn't one of those photo ops where a public figure poses with a prop to look like regular folk. King was an excellent pool player and according to those close to him, took up the game in college almost 20 years earlier, and in the early days of the civil rights movement allegedly won the respect of local gang members by playing (and presumably beating) them at it.
Kings other favorite past times including, reading, writing, and spending as much time as he could with his family.
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