ROANOKE, Va. – 58 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the Roanoke chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference gathered Saturday to remember his legacy — and recommit ...

Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King. Fifty-eight years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

WASHINGTON -- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday announced the release of 230,000 files related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. "Today, after nearly 60 years of ...

Civil rights leader and American icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday morning at the age of 84. In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him ...

Nancy Shipley was working in a news office in Nashville, Tennessee, when the call came 50 years ago. Gene Herrick was in Chicago routing photos to newspapers when his phone rang. Jack Thornell got the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — April 4 marks one of the darkest days in American history. It was on this day in 1968 that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in ...

A new documentary explores the uprising on the city's West Side following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic is marking Black History Month with a ...