Fifty-seven years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Downtown Memphis. While visiting ...

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr, a pivotal leader in the American Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. His ...

DNI Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday that the assassination files of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy would be released in "the next few days." ...

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, April 4, the 94th day of 2025. There are 271 days left in the year. Today in history ...

The King Center honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 57 years after his assassination with a wreath-laying ceremony in Atlanta.

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed at the Lorraine motel on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1977, the Justice Department launched a task force to probe the FBI's harassment and ...

On this day, 57 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his motel room at the ...

Indianapolis will transform Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park on the near north side with new walkways and a new plaza ...

Officers were called to the 900 block of West 32nd Street, near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, on a report of a person ...

On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, which is now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum.