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Trump nominee for special counsel texted that MLK Day should be in ‘hell’ and used slur against Black people

The nomination of President Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has imploded after leaked racist text messages he sent were made public. Paul Ingrassia said the federal holiday dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should be in “hell” and that it was Black people’s “natural state” to be victims, among other racist and inflammatory remarks, according to a bombshell investigation published by Politico. In a now-dissolved group chat with Republican operatives and influencers, Ingrassia […]

October 21, 2025 2

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Bernice King reacts to meme comparing Charlie Kirk’s shooting to MLK and Jesus’ deaths: ‘I get tired’

Dr. Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is expressing dismay over the publication of an image mentioning her father in relation to the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. The image was posted by Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, and depicted Charlie Kirk, alongside MLK, Jesus, and former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy with the headline: “All Because of Words.” “There are so many things wrong with this. So many. I […]

September 13, 2025 1

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Ayanna Pressley says Trump release of MLK files reflects more sinister attack on Black leadership and history

The Trump administration’s release of the MLK files is being met with skepticism from the family of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., advocates, and Democratic elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who told theGrio she believes the abrupt release is part of a more sinister tactic rooted in anti-Blackness. Martin Luther King III and Bernice King, the last surviving children of MLK, cautioned in a lengthy joint statement that, considering the FBI’s racist and illegal surveillance and […]

July 22, 2025 1

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Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The release involves more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the records and turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration. King’s family, including his two living children, Martin III and Bernice, […]

July 22, 2025 1

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Trump signs executive order to declassify MLK assassination files

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that declassifies the FBI files related to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. The order also declassified the files on former President John F. Kennedy and former U.S. Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. “That’s a big one, eh?” said Trump just before signing the order. “I know people have been waiting on this … for decades.” As he signed it, Trump vowed, “Everything will be revealed.” In his order, […]

January 23, 2025

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Trump vows to release sealed FBI file on MLK assassination, rails against DEI

President-elect Donald Trump announced that when he takes office, he intends to declassify FBI records related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one day before the federal holiday observing the civil rights icon. Trump will also officially be sworn in on Monday as the 47th president of the United States. While delivering a more than hour-long speech at a pre-inauguration “victory rally” in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Trump told his thousands of supporters that he intends to […]

January 20, 2025

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We must resurrect the true ideals of Dr. King this MLK Day as we inaugurate a new president

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On his last full day in office, President Joe Biden spoke at a South Carolina Black church about his vision for a just society one day before the federal holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I first got involved in public life because of the Civil Rights Movement,” Biden said at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston. […]

January 19, 2025 2

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Kamala Harris’ Baptist faith is rooted in MLK and Gandhi

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black clergy who know Vice President Kamala Harris, now the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, marvel at the fusion of traditions and teachings that have molded her religious faith and social justice values. A Baptist married to a Jewish man, she’s inspired by the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and influenced by the religious traditions of her mother’s native India as well as the Black Church. “She’s had the best of two worlds,” says her […]

July 28, 2024 2

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Trump calls NC gov candidate Mark Robinson MLK ‘on steroids’

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump has endorsed North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov Mark Robinson for governor, fulfilling a pledge the former president made several months ago. At a rally Saturday in Greensboro, Trump compared Robinson, who is Black, to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed civil rights leader. Trump referred to Robinson as “Martin Luther King on steroids.” Trump said Robinson wasn’t sure how to respond when Trump compared him to the legendary civil rights leader, telling him: “I think […]

March 3, 2024