Photographer Captured 'Extremely Emotional' Scene in Martin Luther King's Motel Room Hours After Assassination (Exclusive)

Steve Schapiro tells the stories behind many of his iconic photographs in the new documentary, 'Steve Schapiro: Being ...
KCRW

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after his death

People across the country will be taking time out today to mark the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King has, of course, become a civil rights icon in ...
Salt Lake City Weekly

Mourning the death of MLK

The end of the Civil War, while declaring on paper that there should never again be legal enslavement of any human being, regardless of race, was only a first step in ensuring the civil rights of ...
KCRW

RFK on the death of MLK

People around the country and world are commemorating today the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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For those who lived through 1968 and MLK’s death, Memphis’ streets feel hauntingly familiar as the National Guard returns

Residents of Memphis, Tennessee, reflect on the National Guard’s presence in the city in 1968. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Decades after MLK death, Memphis jobs in spotlight

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Decades after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death here, some of the striking sanitation workers who marched with him are again fighting for their jobs. In 1968, wages were so low ...