In another section, the FBI document labels the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the African-American civil rights organization founded by King, “a tax dodge.” ...

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He worked on fund-raising and voter registration for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Then President Kennedy insisted on his dismissal.

Joined by relatives of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, a group of more than 60 authors and investigators have called for a new congressional investigation into ...

President Trump on Thursday ordered the declassification and release of long-secret files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader M… ...

He became a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Council, went on to champion the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins that swept the South, to confront the infamous Bull Connor, and in 1963 to lead ...

Congress passed a law in 1992 requiring the documents surrounding President Kennedy's assassination to be released by 2017, but the release has been held up by national security concerns.

Then-Senator John Kennedy made a phone call to Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife Coretta that changed history.

While his assassination continues to be a topic of fascination, Americans should focus more on his push for civil rights.

Kin g, second from right, Fred L. Shuttlesworth, and Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff members at a 1966 staff workshop in Frogmore, South Carolina. — B ob Fitch Photo Archive ...

Political figures routinely get their quotations wrong. No modern politician has stood out quite so much in this regard as John F. Kennedy. JFK loved to pepper his speeches and public statements ...