President Donald Trump's administration released 6,300 documents on Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, uncovering witness accounts, James Earl Ray's fake identities and foreign propaganda.

Historians assessing the trove of newly released documents are cautioning people against the idea that they contain any groundbreaking information.

The Trump administration released a trove of previously classified documents related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, which revealed details about the FBI's investigation into the slain Civil Rights icon before his death.

James Earl Ray prepares for search by guard James Chilton of the Tennessee State Penetentiary upon arrival at prison. “If at any time there is evidence presented which we can investigate, ...

Who was Ray and is there any question that he killed King? Here’s what you may not know about him. Early years. Ray was born in 1928 in Alton, Illinois, a city about 15 miles north of St. Louis.

He represented James Earl Ray and the King family in efforts to prove that Dr. King was the victim of a conspiracy, becoming a celebrity among the conspiracy-minded. By Clay Risen As the longtime ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on June 10, 1968. This story was written by Alton Slagle and Frank Mazza.) TORONTO, June 9 – James Earl Ray was a cheap hood in the United States. He l…

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray, after driving his ...