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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and leader of the American civil rights movement, assassinated in 1968.

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Via Wikimedia Commons (The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Color Portrait (high quality))

The earliest story we hold is from Oct 21, 2021.

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  1. Dec 6– 8National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday36 articles · 25 sources
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  2. Oct 17OpenAI’s Sora bans Martin Luther King Jr. deepfakes after his family complained7 articles · 6 sources
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  3. Jul 21– 22MLK Jr. files released by Trump administration71 articles · 48 sources
    16 left, 22 center, 7 right
  4. Apr 28The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days suffers a devastating fire6 articles · 6 sources
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  5. Apr 26Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice7 articles · 7 sources
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  6. Jan 24King family responds to Trump's order to declassify assassination files14 articles · 3 sources
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  7. Jan 20– 24Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records60 articles · 40 sources
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  8. Jan 20MLK Day kicks off at King's Atlanta congregation with daughter's warning about anti-woke rhetoric11 articles · 10 sources
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  9. Jan 20– 24President Trump declassifies JFK, RFK, MLK files22 articles · 20 sources
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  10. Jan 19– 20Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day12 articles · 11 sources
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  1. Nov 25Rev. Jesse Jackson released from the hospital as he battles rare neurological disorder16 articles · 14 sources
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  2. Nov 18Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to be removed from the ICU but will remain hospitalized8 articles · 8 sources
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  3. Nov 13Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago, family confirms41 articles · 19 sources
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  4. Nov 13– 17Rev. Jesse Jackson receiving a form of life support after being hospitalized last week, a family source says18 articles · 17 sources
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  5. Oct 12– 134 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says63 articles · 36 sources
    8 left, 19 center, 8 right
  6. Sep 24Black pastors say Charlie Kirk is not a martyr, while decrying racism and political violence12 articles · 8 sources
    2 left, 3 center, 3 right
  7. Aug 17Despite Trump’s tough tone now, things were much worse in Washington when the National Guard was rolled out in 19687 articles · 7 sources
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  8. Mar 21– 22Trump says Boeing will build the new generation of fighter jets, the F-4736 articles · 33 sources
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  9. Mar 18– 20Unredacted JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues114 articles · 55 sources
    14 left, 23 center, 16 right
  10. Feb 11– 12FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records26 articles · 21 sources
    3 left, 9 center, 7 right