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It's April 3, 1968, Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. It's occupant: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the ...

Kennedy (Sirhan Sirhan), and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (James Earl Ray ... since the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers in the 1960s. But as both of the assassination attempts on Donald Trump ...

The former president was an early backer of Mr. Robinson’s bid to become governor of North Carolina, a race that was jolted ...

Report details litany of missed opportunities; House votes to investigate second apparent Trump assassination attempt.  ...

The son of Martin Luther King Jr. has blasted North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson over his alleged ...

Martin Luther King Jr. quotes to honor his legacy. M artin Luther King Jr. spent his years as an activist and a leader of the ...

Martin Luther King III lambasted North Carolina Lt. Gov. and GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson (R) for alleged comments he made about Martin Luther King, Jr. in 2011. “I am not ...

Dr. Emil Naclerio, a member of the surgical team that operated on Martin Luther King Jr., at his bedside in Harlem Hospital. AP File photo Credit: Front page of the New York Daily News, Sept. 21, 1958 ...

The 33rd Freedom Award Student Forum will feature its distinguished Freedom Award honorees: XERNONA CLAYTON, civil and human rights activist and producer; SHERRILYN IFILL, President and ...

Second Assassination Attempt Forces New Reckoning for Trump ... In his famous 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. fused the historic competition between the Declaration and ...