Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., 45 years ago today. It was April 4, 1968. His death shocked a country rocked by riots, civil ...
King speaking to an anti-Vietnam war rally at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, April 27, 1967. Credit: Minnesota Historical Society “We’ve basically solved the case, telling people how it ...
People around the country and world are commemorating today the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
ATLANTA (AP) — The eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday if his father had not been killed more than four decades ago, the civil rights icon would be fighting alongside workers ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he marched in the ...