North India Statesman
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News India Live, Digital Desk: Truth from the Pages of History: The life of Martin Luther King Junior, the great civil rights leader of America and his assassination have always been surrounded by stories of mysteries and conspiracies. Several confidential documents associated with his legacy remained closed in government archives for years, including records related to his monitoring by FBI. Although the then President Donald Trump decided to make a part of these records public in 2017, a step that caused a stir among history lovers and researchers, but the family of Martin Luther King Jr. lodged a strong protest on this. This step was taken at a time when the 25-year-old time of making these documents was held under the JFK Inspection Records Collection Act (1992). Under the US law, these historical records could not be kept confidential except for certain circumstances. In view of this, the Donald Trump administration issued thousands of documents of thousands of pages, but some extremely sensitive parts were stopped, behind which national security arguments were given. Why was the family of Martin Luther King Junior against making these documents public? Their main objection was not to keep the documents confidential, rather they wanted them to be released completely and without any cut and no. The family alleged that the FBI, especially J.K. During the tenure of Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther was immorally followed to tarnish and discredit him and recorded information related to his personal life in confidential files. The family feared that incomplete information, especially the parts that may have alleged weaknesses, can be misrepresented and can raise questions on his great legacy. He believed that the main objective of these files was not to resolve the mystery of his assassination, but to tarnish his image. Therefore, the King family had demanded that either all files be issued without any cut, so that the whole truth could be revealed, or they should be completely confidential to avoid any misleading information. Trump’s partial disclosure from this point of view the family felt insufficient and felt that it could unnecessarily damage the King’s reputation.
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