Historians assessing the trove of newly released documents are cautioning people against the idea that they contain any ...

The files that have been released and digitized detail the FBI’s investigation of King’s assassination, as well as documents ...

The King family remains convinced someone else killed the civil rights leader and say they’ll look at the newly released ...

Here’s what you may not know about him. Early years Ray was born in 1928 in Alton, Illinois, a city about 15 miles north of St. Louis. When Ray was 2, the family moved to Bowling Green, Missouri.

Here’s what you may not know about him. Early years Ray was born in 1928 in Alton, Illinois, a city about 15 miles north of St. Louis. When Ray was 2, the family moved to Bowling Green, Missouri.

James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his time researching legal papers on his case.

Mr. Kershaw was a Tennessee lawyer who argued that James Earl Ray, convicted in the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was an innocent participant in a conspiracy.

Art Hanes Jr., one of James Earl Ray's attorneys, doesn't believe James Earl Ray is responsible for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray fired Hanes the eve before trial was set to ...

JAMES EARL RAY WAS A CHEAP BUT CLEVER ASSASSIN Apparently referring to a statement by then U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark that there was no conspiracy, Ray rose and told Judge W. Preston ...

And the Rev. James Lawson of Los Angeles, who coordinated the garbage workers strike that brought King to Memphis, Tenn., where he was killed in 1968, is a staunch supporter who performed Ray’s ...

James Earl Ray, using the alias Eric Galt, lived for a month in this boarding house on Highland Avenue in Birmingham. The house has since been torn down, and a convenience store occupies the location.

LONDON, June 9 – Contrary to the official story put out when he was arrested at London airport yesterday, James Earl Ray, accused assassin of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has been in England ...