Mary Ellen Ford was a 21-year-old cook at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel in April 1968, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. checked in to the Tennessee motel for the last time. King, who was in ...

President Trump has announced plans to release classified documents on high-profile assassinations, including that of ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Now the home of ...

The King family is requesting a private view of the case files before the public gets access to long awaited information.

Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. King was shot by James Earl Ray from a window across the street from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. On April 23, 1967, Ray escaped from the Missouri State ...

Martin Luther ... day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others." King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther ... That evening, as King stood on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel, he was mortally ...