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Martin Luther King Jr.
Arcs in the news about Martin Luther King Jr. from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.
Person · 69 stories · 664 articles · earliest story we hold Jan 15, 2016
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- A card is a story, on the day it was first reported
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| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
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| Jan 11, 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 1, 2024 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| Jan 15, 2024 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 37 |
| Jan 22, 2024 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 50 |
| Feb 5, 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Feb 19, 2024 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Mar 4, 2024 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| May 13, 2024 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 98 |
| May 20, 2024 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 68 |
| Jan 20, 2025 | 11 | 25 | 19 | 164 |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 14 | 26 | 17 | 143 |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 69 |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 56 |
| Oct 13, 2025 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 49 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 29 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jan 19, 2026 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 45 |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 146 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 49 |
| May 25, 2026 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Everything else2 stories in 2023 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories about Martin Luther King Jr. that are not part of any arc yet
- Dec 8Good Samaritans save MLK Jr.'s birth home in Atlanta from being burned to the ground, officials say7 articles · 4 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Dec 8Woman charged with attempted arson of Martin Luther King Jr. birthplace in Atlanta21 articles · 16 independent sources4 left, 4 center, 3 right