Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless ...

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

King family opposes release of classified documents on King's assassination, citing privacy concerns and potential harm to ...

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Files related to the assassinations of former US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther ...

Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.

Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for ...

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From Monday, April 14, through Wednesday, April 16, the bridge will be closed at I-35 nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is commemorating the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. This year's theme, "How Long, Not Long," is taken from King's famous speech ...

Habitat for Humanity unveiled its largest single-building, multi-family project thus far on Thursday, and it’ll be located ...

We will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.