The release of thousands of files on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. can’t tarnish the civil rights leader’s legacy, ...

Eig said that when King Jr. rose to prominence as a civil rights leader, his father disapproved of the decision, out of that sense of protectiveness. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s only granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born on May 25, 2008. Here’s everything to know about MLK’s granddaughter.

Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leads a silent memorial march in her husband's memory, April 8, 1968, following his assassination in Memphis, Tenn.

The National Archives released over 240,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The release follows a 2025 executive order by then-President Trump mandating the ...

The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that ...

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office.

Martin Luther King III on Trump's inauguration Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, according to the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. He was standing on a second-floor balcony outside his room at the ...

Before Martin Luther King Jr. led marches, gave speeches, and peacefully fought to change the world, he was just a kid navigating life in the segregated South. His early years were a mix of love ...