Bondi Stresses That the Public “Deserves Answers” Several Decades After the “Horrific Murder” of the Civil Rights Leader
The United States government has released more than 230,000 pages of documents related to the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader and activist Martin Luther King Jr., in line with an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump.
The US Department of Justice indicated that this release follows “months of collaboration” between various agencies, while the country’s Attorney General, Pamela Bondi, stressed that “the American people deserve answers decades after the horrific murder of one of the nation’s greatest leaders.”
“The Department of Justice is proud to collaborate with Director (of National Intelligence, Tulsi) Gabbard and her office, at Trump’s direction, on this release,” he said at an event attended by King’s niece, Alveda King, who thanked Trump and Bondi for “fulfilling their promise of transparency by releasing these documents about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.”
In this regard, King emphasized that her uncle “lived courageously in pursuit of truth and justice.” “His lasting legacy of faith continues to inspire Americans to this day. While we continue to mourn his passing, the declassification and release of these documents represents a historic step toward the truth that the American people deserve,” he stated.
Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929, into a traditional American family. His father, like him, was a Protestant minister deeply committed to the ideas of Christianity. Inspired by his religious convictions and the success of Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi’s “nonviolence,” King began his campaign for Black civil rights peacefully.
The activist, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his peaceful struggle for civil rights in the United States—then the youngest person to receive this award—was assassinated on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39, with a shot to the head as he greeted his supporters on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.
