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.

King was shot and killed by James Earl Ray on the evening of April 4, 1968, as he stood on a second-floor balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. Friends and family of Martin Luther King ...

Mary Ellen Ford was a 21-year-old cook at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel in April 1968, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. checked in to the Tennessee motel for the last time. King, who was in ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year ... King was shot at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968, on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He had arrived in Memphis ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the ...

For the 23rd year, the Grizzlies will host an MLK Day matchup in Memphis, the city where Dr. King was assassinated in the former Lorraine Motel 57 years ago on the night of April 4, 1968.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. Mary Ellen Ford was a 21-year-old cook at Memphis’ Lorraine ...