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

The Trump administration released a trove of previously classified documents related to Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...

The Trump administration has released more than 200,000 documents related to the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader ...

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, ...

Ray was born in 1928 in Alton, Illinois, a city about 15 miles north of St. Louis. When Ray was 2, the family moved to Bowling Green, Missouri.

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… ...

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.