FILE - King Center CEO Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King Center in Atlanta, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File) ...

The King family also cited mistakes with the handling of the JFK assassination files as a reason to block the release. The unredacted JFK documents released last month inadvertently revealed ...

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris, left, holds hands and sings "We Shall Overcome" with Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, at a National Action Network event in Washington, Jan. 15, 2025.

Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to action as Trump takes office FILE – People attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial marking ...

But many leaders, including King's own family, see the juxtaposition as a poignant contrast and a chance to refocus the work of advancing civil rights in a new political era.