On April 4, 1968, my uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was taken from us in a tragic act that forever changed the nation and ignited a powerful call for justice and equality. He and my father, Reverend A.D. King, fought side by side in the Civil Rights Movement—not only as brothers by blood, but as brothers in purpose. Together, they shared a dream rooted in the belief that we are one blood, one human race.
As my uncle once warned, "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." That warning rings truer than ever.
He was a man of peace, a minister of the Gospel, and a dreamer whose only weapon was the truth. His death left behind not just grief, but deep and lasting questions about who was truly responsible, what the government knew, and why so much of that knowledge was kept hidden from the American people.
For decades, efforts to uncover the full truth have been stalled. In the 1990s, Congress passed the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, which led to the release of some documents related to both the JFK and MLK assassinations. But those files were often incomplete, heavily redacted, and sanitized under vague claims of national security or foreign intelligence sensitivity. What was meant to provide answers only raised more suspicion, as key names, connections, and timelines remained obscured.