New Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. Draws Criticisms Over Its Proportions

A statue in Florida has prompted complaints about its shoes, arm and head but also a discussion about art and representations of historic figures.

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MLK Files Release Renews Debate Over His Legacy

The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that means now for the country.

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Judge Considers Early Release of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Documents

The materials are scheduled to be unsealed in 2027, but President Trump signed an executive order in January aimed at moving up the date.

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White Supremacist Is Charged in 2019 Arson at Tennessee Civil Rights Landmark

Regan Prater set fire to the main offices of the Highlander Research and Education Center and took credit for it in encrypted messages, prosecutors said.

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Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, Who Led the National Council of Churches, Dies at 93

A minister who headed the National Council of Churches, she was active in liberal causes in the 1990s and sought to counter the conservative Christian Coalition.

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Takeaways From the Kennedy Files

The big reveal from almost 64,000 documents was that there wasn’t much of a reveal at all.

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Justice Department Moves to Unseal MLK Jr.’s FBI Surveillance Records

The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump, represents a sharp reversal for the F.B.I. and the department.

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Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis

Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, but rather how much damage it will cause.

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Historians Take Wait-and-See Approach to Latest Kennedy Assassination Documents

Scholars say the papers are unlikely to include dramatic revelations but could shed light on lingering questions — including about the intelligence agencies.

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What to Know About the JFK Files and Why They’re Being Released Now

About 99 percent of the government documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination have long been available to the public under a 1992 law.

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