The FBI called him 'the most dangerous Negro.' The files are finally open.
The fight for racial equality came at a cost. Martin Luther King Jr. rose as a powerful voice for justice, yet was seen as a threat by some. Declassified records fuel questions about whether more lay behind the silencing of his voice.
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Declassified audio woven into present-day reckoning
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Refuses easy answers, lets documents speak
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The House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded in 1979 that King's murder was likely a conspiracy—then nobody was retried.
This dropped amid the 2025-26 wave of MLK docuseries, when the King estate's footage licensing finally expired—suddenly everyone had 'new' material.
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