Martin Luther King Day is a celebration of the late civil rights leader, taking place on the 3rd Monday in January. However, two states celebrate another historical figure on the same day ...

An executive order from January continues to be fulfilled following the release of files regarding the assassination of Rev.

Some of the Trump's most extreme supporters ignored Martin Luther King Jr. to celebrate so-called Robert E. Lee Day instead.

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

Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated.

Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, while supporting a sanitation workers’ strike. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the crime but later claimed innocence.

Nashville should remember the dark elements of its past. But when naming streets and schools, it should recognize those with positive legacies.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963. King won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, recognized for his leadership in the American ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968 by James Earl Ray, following federal efforts to undermine King’s advocacy against racial discrimination.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Dr. King’s relatives have expressed concern that the files would possibly air biased or fabricated accounts of his private life to smear him.