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

In June, James Early Ray was arrested in London and charged with King's murder. (File photo/AP/Time Inc.) The family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. walk in the funeral procession of the slain ...

The assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther ... down. James Earl Ray, a petty crook who was discharged from the U.S. Army for ineptitude, was charged and convicted of King’s murder and sentenced ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is celebrated each year in ... Joseph's Hospital in Memphis where he was declared dead. James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old who had been in and out of prison, confessed ...

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 ...