By The Associated Press Today is Friday, April 4, the 94th day of 2025. There are 271 days left in the year. Today in history ...

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

We will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.

US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead on April 4, 1968, as he was on his way to lead a march. His ...

On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory ...

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

On the 57th anniversary of his death, North Jersey residents look back at personal encounters with Martin Luther King Jr.

The event was moved from its original January date because of cold weather then, but the new date coincided almost with the ...

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony ... establishment of the institution of slavery in the United States. This story, filled with powerful moments of ...