Did you know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Orlando?

Orlando, Fla. — Folks around the nation continue to remember and honor the legacy and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. However, there is one fact that you probably didn't know- Dr. King actually paid a visit to the City Beautiful.

According to the Orange County Regional History Center website, Dr. King made the trip to Orlando on March 6, 1964. During that time, Reverend Curtis J. Jackson, pastor at the Shiloh Baptist Church and NAACP Youth Council adviser had a hard time getting de-segregation laws passed following the assassination of President Kennedy. Another fun fact, Pastor Jackson and Dr. King had attended Morehouse College together.

Dr. King's trip was from an invitation by Pastor Jackson. While in Orlando, King held two separate workshops at the Shiloh Baptist Church and met with then Mayor Bob Carr and a delegation from the black community at City Hall to discuss the creation of a bi-racial community to help end segregation in the city.

Later that night, Dr. King spoke at a rally to over 2,000 people from the pitcher's mount at Tinker Field. This marked the first time that members of the black community were allowed to sit in the "whites only" grandstand. Those who were there that night recalled what was described as "a powerful speech that moved everyone."