Ray, a small-time thief, would stand in a bathtub at a flophouse across the street from the Lorraine Hotel and fire one shot at civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., striking him in the chin ...
Who Shot Martin Luther King Jr.? King was killed by a gunshot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray confessed to the crime in 1969 but later ...
The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump, represents a sharp reversal for the F.B.I.
Newly unredacted documents mostly shed light on C.I.A. sources and methods. The Justice Department is moving to disclose new ...
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive te ...
Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the ...
Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? According to the National Archives, James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old convicted armed robber ...
James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his ...