Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered their response to President Trump’s decision to release the secret FBI files on the civil rights icon’s assassination nearly 60 years ago — a “deeply personal family loss” that they are still feeling today.

President Trump signed an executive order declassify any remaining files from Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. MLK was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements and political changes.

Every year around this time, I find myself reflecting on my father's dream for our country—a profound vision for justice, freedom, unity, and peace.

Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the available government files related to King, including a trounce of files released in 2017.

The head of NAACP Hawaii says Dr. King would say that we strayed too far from the belief that all people are created equally.

His Department of Justice waited until Jan. 5 ... These programs draw inspiration from King’s philosophy of love. Trump’s promise to end the disparate-impact rule has gotten less attention ...

Martin Luther King Jr. “called for the prioritization of people over profit and for more equitable distribution of wealth and resources.“

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, community leaders, artists and advocates gathered at the Parkview at Cascades Park for the Day of Dialogue event, “Art as Activism: The Role of Artists in Social and Political Movements.” The event celebrated King’s legacy through speeches, discussions and artistic reflections on social justice and human rights.

D.C. once again is participating in the annual point-in-time count, a controversial headcount of the a city’s unhoused population.

Donald Trump’s Justice Department cited an archaic statute in a legal filing Wednesday, arguing that the president’s executive order ending constitutionally guaranteed birthright citizenship should be totally kosher, since the children of Native Americans weren’t historically considered citizens, either.

Intelligence agencies to release all records on JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations, including CIA and FBI surveillance files from three assassinations