A federal judge is considering whether to unseal decades-old FBI surveillance records on Martin Luther King Jr., as the Trump administration seeks early access to documents that King’s family and supporters want to keep sealed.
President Trump directed the nation’s security agencies on Thursday to prepare plans for releasing all government records tied to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A new documentary examines the life and works of Ernest Withers, a popular civil rights photographer who turned out to be an FBI informant.
A new documentary explores the FBI’s relentless surveillance and harassment of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
Prosecutors have struggled for decades to bring justice to victims of civil rights-era killings.
The FBI caught backlash Tuesday after tweeting a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination.
FBI agents who undergo months-long training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., undergo target practice and training for surveillance and self-defense.
The FBI believed King was working with foreign communists, and the attorney general approved wiretaps of his home and offices.
