President Trump has announced plans to release classified documents on high-profile assassinations, including that of ...

James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his time researching legal papers on his case.

President Trump signed an executive order declassify any remaining files from Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. MLK was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

Who was James Earl Ray, and did he really kill Martin Luther King Jr.? “At first, I thought it was firecrackers, you know? People shooting off firecrackers,” Ford said in her interview.

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray, after driving his ...