"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On the morning of April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. readied to head to Memphis, Tennessee, for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Tennessee. On April ...

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. walks across the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, April 3, 1968. [AP Photo/Charles Kelly] Last Monday, the Trump administration released almost 250,000 pages of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A member of the Action News team has a very vivid memory of how the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. unfolded. Vernon Odom was a 19-year-old radio journalist while ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights champion, is dead. He was 84. Jackson, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and a two-time Democratic presidential candidate, was a hugely influential voice in ...

Major Tim Cook presents a detailed account of the final official investigation, offering rare insight into James Earl Ray and the case NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED ...

Clara Ester, an activist and minister who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died at 78.

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - The King Center held a wreath laying remembrance ceremony in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over Easter weekend in Atlanta. Saturday, April 4, marked 58 years since Dr.

Communities across the country will soon honor the life and legacy of an American civil rights icon. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed on Monday. Like the civil rights movement itself, the ...

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from ...

Louisville honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a weekend of events, including a motorcade and festival celebrating his ...