Martin Luther King Jr.’s family responded to Donald Trump’s move to order the declassification of records linked to the assassination of the American civil rights activist more than 50 years ago. In a statement published on social media Thursday evening,

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family has one request for Donald Trump, who has recently declassified the monumental figure’s FBI file. On Thursday (Jan. 23), President Trump signed an executive order to release thousands of classified government documents,

Will Trump honor a request from the family of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr? That is the question now that Trump has signed an executive order directing the "Director of National Intelligence and other appropriate officials" to develop a plan for the release of assassination records for MLK along with those of JFK and his brother RFK.