A 1979 congressional report found that King died due to a gunshot wound. ... "The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. is a tale full of many legitimate mysteries and unanswered questions.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was just 29 when he was stabbed in the chest during a 1958 book signing in Harlem. ... Coleman's photo, which can be seen here, belies the seriousness of King's wound.

Reporter's Notebook: The often overlooked message in MLK Jr.'s last speech 02:05. Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy will be released ...

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest inhumane treatment. AP You are viewing 1 of 6 images ...

Martin Luther King Jr's family offered their response to President Donald Trump's decision to release the secret FBI files pertaining to the civil rights' icon's assassination nearly 60 years ago ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.