President Trump on Thursday ordered the declassification and release of long-secret files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader
The Tuscaloosa chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.
President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced author, lawyer, and 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for secretary of health and human services on November 14, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation.
The assassination of JFK in 1963 and of RFK and King in 1968 have long been the subject of conspiracy theories regarding the perpetrators and motives. While some files were previously declassified, a number have remained unavailable to the public, stoking additional rumors about what really happened.
The last remaining classified papers detailing the deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. are now set for publication.
Less than a week into his first term, President Donald Trump has been on a roll signing more than 20 executive orders and actions on Inauguration Day, according to USA today. And he is showing no signs of slowing down,
Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017, but the release has been held up by national security concerns.
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.
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.
At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring."
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The Memphis NAACP and SCLC had a mix of hope and skepticism regarding President Trump's executive order to declassify records in major assassination cases.