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Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leads a silent memorial march in her husband's memory, April 8, 1968, following his assassination in Memphis, Tenn.
Martin Luther King Jr. was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest inhumane treatment.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter speaks out on Angel Reese drama with Robert Griffin III By Jackson Thompson, Fox News Published July 12, 2025, 1:30 a.m. ET ...
President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first term but now it's gone.
But since Barack Obama’s first term as president, protests staged by left-of-center groups have borne less and less resemblance to those led and inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.
Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King talked about the 2024 presidential election and work that the pair is doing to continue a famed family's civil rights legacy, in an with USA TODAY in ...
Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.
Endless leads Charles Q. Stephens looks across the street to the Lorraine Motel, April 9, 1968, where flowers mark the spot that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.
57 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis. Later today, there will be a special ceremony in his honor at the MLK National Historical Park in Atlanta.
*A new feature documentary from Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound will highlight the music icon’s pivotal role in the campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal ...
Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy will be released "within the next few days," Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said ...