He represented James Earl Ray and the King family in efforts to prove that Dr. King was the victim of a conspiracy, becoming a celebrity among the conspiracy-minded. By Clay Risen As the longtime ...

The Barkley is a secretive and grueling 100-plus-mile race through Tennessee's Frozen Head State Park. Created by Lazarus Lake, the race is designed to push runners to the absolute edge of human ...

She didn’t believe James Earl Ray murdered her husband, but rather that his assassination was the result of a government conspiracy. Valedictorian of her high school class. June 18, 1953 – Marries ...

Major Tim Cook presents a detailed account of the final official investigation, offering rare insight into James Earl Ray and the case NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED ...

James Earl Ray Upchurch (Jim), 57, of Muncie, passed away on March 9, 2026. Jim was born in Muncie and spent his life in the community he called home. Over the years he worked for the City of Muncie ...

“Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love,” by the late Rev. James Lawson Jr. and Memphis journalist Emily Yellin releases Feb. 17, nearly two years after Lawson's death. Yellin shares ...

Earl William James, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at Chateau Girardeau. He was born Sept. 30, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to J. Frank and Esther Anita Siemers James. He and Mary Rose ...

Among details included in a newly released trove of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.: assassin James Earl Ray took dance classes and had a penchant for using aliases ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Someone distributed Ku Klux Klan material in the Kenwick neighborhood overnight Sunday, with most of the flyers found on Richmond Avenue. One neighbor found the flyers late ...

Residents of a Lexington neighborhood awoke to fliers from white supremacist group the KKK Monday, the same day of the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day march downtown, seen here in 2023. Silas Walker ...

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Credit: Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr., the Nobel Peace Prize–winning leader of the civil rights movement who helped ...

IKGTV) — A story you may have heard claims a plaque made for a 2002 Martin Luther King Day celebration in Florida mistakenly gave thanks to Dr. King's assassin James Earl Ray. Amazingly, it's true.