A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives.
On this day, 57 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his motel room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth ...
Dr. King believed that true justice lifts up everyone, not just a select few. Alveda King noted that this was rooted in Acts 17:26, that her uncle aspired for “the day that there'll be no black power, ...
Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...
Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of ...
Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.
On Friday, the City of Indianapolis broke ground on a transformative $6.8 million expansion project at Dr. Martin Luther King ...