William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102
William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the ...
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Martin Luther King: 7 speeches that changed the world in the 20th Century
On 28 August 1963, civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King marched with thousands of ... Speaking as the First Lady and wife of then US President Bill Clinton, she set down a challenge to ...
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Family of Martin Luther King, Jr. makes request after Trump declassifies assassination files
Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...
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MLK’s family responds to Trump’s order to declassify assassination files
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 ...
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s life in pictures
Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...
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MLK’s Family Responds To Trump Declassifying King Assassination File
Bernice King has requested Trump let the family see the files before they are released to the public. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the declassification of federal ...
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Martin Luther King’s Family Responds to Trump’s Assassination Files Order With a Request
Martin Luther King Jr.’s family responded to Donald Trump’s move to order the declassification of records linked to the assassination of the American civil rights activist more than 50 years ago. In a ...
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Trump to release files on MLK Jr.'s assassination. Here's what to expect.
President Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by James Earl Ray. The announcement came Thursday ...
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How Martin Luther King Jr. Was Haunted by An Attempted Assassination
In September 1958, while promoting his first book at a Harlem, New York, bookstore Martin Luther King Jr was stabbed in the chest by a woman with a letter opener. The woman, a housekeeper named ...
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Here’s what long-secret JFK, MLK Jr. files may — and may not — reveal: top expert
An investigative journalist and expert on the JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations said the feds’ secret files on the murders will likely reveal “fascinating’’ new details about ...
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Trump signs executive order to release more JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files
Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He signed an executive order at the White House Thursday. After an aide announced the president was signing ...
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Triad universities team up to hold 'Read-In' event for young children, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
TWO TRIAD UNIVERSITIES PARTNERED TOGETHER TO HOLD A READING EVENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AS ORGANIZERS AND STUDENTS EXPLAIN, IT’S A WAY TO CONTINUE THE DREAM OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.