On this day, 57 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his motel room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Explore Dr. King's most radical, powerful quotes on justice, nonviolence, and truth-telling on the anniversary of his death.

UMass Dartmouth professor and Marion, Massachusetts resident Dr. Philip Melanson wrote multiple books on the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives.

Fifty-seven years ago, an assassin’s bullet struck Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a Memphis balcony, and in that single, ...

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

The King family will host its annual service and remembrance walk on the anniversaries of King's death and funeral.

Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of ...

It erases the systemic, longstanding segregation and racial inequality endemic in Northern cities and marginalizes the robust, years-long movement in Chicago that Martin Luther King supported and ...

Walter Clayton Jr., Will Richard, and Alijah Martin Q: For you guys, what does it mean to finally be here and be able to start this postseason run given everything that’s led up to it? Q: Walter, this ...

In an interview with Fox News this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed a novel fix to the nation’s bird flu epidemic: Let the virus spread. Andrew Harnik ...

If he did, they could re-sign him as a platoon bat next winter while New York looks to sign Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Landing Goldschmidt on a one-year deal allowed the Yankees to be in the mix for ...