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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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| 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 else24 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories about Martin Luther King Jr. that are not part of any arc yet
- Dec 6– 8National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday36 articles · 25 independent sources3 left, 5 center, 5 right
- Oct 17OpenAI’s Sora bans Martin Luther King Jr. deepfakes after his family complained7 articles · 6 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 2 right
- Jul 21– 22MLK Jr. files released by Trump administration71 articles · 48 independent sources4 left, 16 center, 6 right
- Apr 28The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days suffers a devastating fire6 articles · 6 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 1 right
- Apr 26Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice7 articles · 7 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Jan 24King family responds to Trump's order to declassify assassination files14 articles · 3 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 1 right
- Jan 20– 24Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records60 articles · 40 independent sources5 left, 12 center, 9 right
- Jan 20MLK Day kicks off at King's Atlanta congregation with daughter's warning about anti-woke rhetoric11 articles · 10 independent sources0 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Jan 20– 24President Trump declassifies JFK, RFK, MLK files22 articles · 20 independent sources3 left, 8 center, 8 right
- Jan 19– 20Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day12 articles · 10 independent sources1 left, 3 center, 0 right
Stories that name Martin Luther King Jr.
- Nov 25Rev. Jesse Jackson released from the hospital as he battles rare neurological disorder16 articles · 14 independent sources0 left, 6 center, 1 right
- Nov 18Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to be removed from the ICU but will remain hospitalized8 articles · 8 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Nov 13Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago, family confirms41 articles · 19 independent sources2 left, 11 center, 3 right
- Nov 13– 17Rev. Jesse Jackson receiving a form of life support after being hospitalized last week, a family source says18 articles · 17 independent sources3 left, 7 center, 2 right
- Oct 12– 134 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says63 articles · 36 independent sources4 left, 14 center, 6 right
- Sep 24Black pastors say Charlie Kirk is not a martyr, while decrying racism and political violence12 articles · 8 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 1 right
- Aug 17Despite Trump’s tough tone now, things were much worse in Washington when the National Guard was rolled out in 19687 articles · 7 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Mar 21– 22Trump says Boeing will build the new generation of fighter jets, the F-4736 articles · 33 independent sources3 left, 12 center, 10 right
- Mar 18– 20Unredacted JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues114 articles · 55 independent sources11 left, 18 center, 12 right
- Feb 11– 12FBI says it found 2,400 new JFK assassination records26 articles · 21 independent sources0 left, 6 center, 5 right