Samuel L. Jackson Was An Usher For Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral
Building a respectable resume in the 1990s, Samuel L. Jackson developed a rep for blunt, no-BS roles. We are obligated to honor this masterpiece (censored to protect your fragile sensibilities):
All those over-the-top roles pale in comparison to the role he played in April 1968. Approached on the campus of Morehouse College (Martin Luther King’s alma mater) by associates of MLK’s inner circle, the then-unknown Samuel L. Jackson and some fellow students were asked to assist in the funeral ceremony in Memphis. The previously apolitical, aloof Jackson accepted. His life was never the same.
How did we get from a movie where a viper jumps out from a toilet and bites a dude’s dick to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.? Bill Cosby, of course. Cosby encouraged students to participate in the funeral, flying them in from Atlanta. Bill Cosby—then still a reputable figure rather than sentient garbage water—had the star power to persuade strangers to bend to his will.
Encouraged by the experience, Jackson thrust himself into politics and held the trustees of his college captive until they met student demands. We’re not clear if that falls in line with Dr. King’s idea of nonviolence, but it sure didn’t make Morehouse happy. He got expelled for a couple of years. From that period onward, he’s maintained, or rather perfected, his persona. If you were ever curious, that hard-boiled tough-guy routine is not acting.
Top image: Eva Rinaldi, AMC
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