President Trump signed an executive order declassify any remaining files from Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. MLK was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

Historians say the Trump-ordered release of more information on the killings of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., could be interesting but unlikely to rewrite history.

On Nov. 2, 1983, then President Ronald Reagan signed the bill named the “King Holiday Bill” that forevermore set the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in order to remember and observe the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

President Trump has announced plans to release classified documents on high-profile assassinations, including that of civil-rights icon Martin Luther King.

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’re taking a look back at when the civil rights leader spoke to a crowd at Johnson C. Smith University nearly 60 years ago. On Sept. 21, 1966, King addressed an audience of nearly 5,

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday to release files related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream ... The idea to establish a national holiday for the civil rights icon arose as the nation was plunged into grief.

More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin’s bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one ... he first made his mark on the national stage. His forceful use ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in ... The motel is now home to the National Civil Rights Museum, whose mission is to "to share the culture and lessons from the American ...

Monday, Jan. 20, marks the federal holiday honoring the life and birthday of iconic civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dedicated ... Details: 10:30 a.m., National ...

Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the available government files related to King, including a trounce of files released in 2017.