Forgotten openly gay activist spearheaded the historic 1963 March on Washington, which had an estimated 250,000 attendees.

A federal judge is considering whether sealed documents relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination should be released before 2027. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...

A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader’s relatives ...

Trump executive order prompts request to release FBI wiretap records two years early, over objections by the civil rights group King founded and his children.

When news broke that Donald Trump had been the target of an assassination attempt at a campaign rally last summer, Martin Luther King Jr.'s son was among the voices that decried the violence ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in Memphis On Feb. 1, 1968, Robert Walker and Echol Cole, two sanitation workers, were killed on the job.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his lifelong commitment to "nonviolent direction action" to effect political change — remains relevant as a ...

Legal Issues Justice Dept. seeks release of Martin Luther King Jr. surveillance records Trump executive order prompts request to release FBI wiretap records two years early, over objections by the ...

Martin Luther King III discusses the legacy of his iconic father and his emotional struggle to forge a path of his own in an excerpt from his new book 'What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of ...

Special events are taking place all throughout the country, reflecting on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.