A Facebook post falsely claims the actor Samuel L. Jackson can be seen in a photo of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. playing pool in 1966.
A caption states: “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shooting pool in 1966. Samuel L. Jackson, who was a freshman at Morehouse College at the time, is in this photo.”
However, Mr Jackson confirmed on his verified Twitter account that, although he met Dr King, he was not in the photo posted on Facebook.
He stated: “Okay, I met Dr King, but not at a pool hall. That’s NOT me!!”
Mr Jackson attended Morehouse College, based in Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1960s, where Dr King’s father, Martin Luther King Sr. was a trustee at the time. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. also studied at the college from 1944 to 1948.
The photo of Dr King was actually taken when the civil rights activist visited Chicago, Illinois, in 1966.
Cropped image courtesy of by Nathan Congleton, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0