On this day, 57 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his motel room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, which is now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum.

Explore Dr. King's most radical, powerful quotes on justice, nonviolence, and truth-telling on the anniversary of his death.

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

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...

Chelsea Cromwell was looking at a tree she didn’t recognize at Honor Heights Park. Cromwell, vice president of Muskogee County Master Gardeners, was picking up debris under a June Magnolia on Friday ...

The Gardeners began their civic duty Thursday. They had a meeting at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center and did pick-up work on the grounds after the meeting. Gardeners President ...

Go to Montgomery, Alabama today and markers to the civil rights movement dot the city landscape: Dr. King’s house ... movement in Chicago that Martin Luther King supported and then helped ...

Sunday marks the 94th birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monday is the federal holiday honoring him. Since the 1990s, Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been a day of civic ...

The president signed an executive order directing his administration to release information related to the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ...

The Elijah Muhammad House Museum could open as early as this summer in Kenwood, its owner says.

An author who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for a biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. says the files released related to the assassination of the civil rights leader are not likely to lead ...