MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release, 6,302 indexed files

What the 6,302 indexed records are

The 6,302 figure is the BlackVaultDocs catalog count for topic slug mlk-release-2025. Collection name is MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release. The packet description states the contents as FBI surveillance records on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., disclosed by the National Archives in 2025 pursuant to Executive Order 14176. Each indexed row is one file in that posting, not one surveillance act and not one day of coverage.

Six thousand three hundred two is 12.0% of the 52,684 documents in the site-wide index. That share compares catalog volume on BlackVaultDocs. It does not mean 12% of FBI records on Dr. King are public, and it does not mean 12% of this website is “about King.” Other collections in the 52,684 are unrelated JFK and RFK release slices with their own hubs.

Agency slug is nara. The disclosing institution in the packet is the National Archives. The records themselves are described as FBI surveillance files. This overlay does not add NARA IDs; none appear in the packet facts. Cite Executive Order 14176 as the disclosure authority named in the description, not as an interpretation of the files.

How this hub differs from the JFK release slices

The 6,302 rows are not a subset of any JFK Assassination Records posting. They are a separate topic with a separate statutory and executive-order path: FBI surveillance records on Dr. King, posted by NARA in 2025 under Executive Order 14176. Folding 6,302 into a JFK total would mix two collections the index keeps apart.

The site-wide denominator remains 52,684. JFK hubs and this MLK hub all sit under that total as distinct slugs. A researcher who needs King-related titles should start on this collection page, then use the document index if a title might have been ingested under another topic.

What 6,302 does not claim

This page does not adjudicate the FBI’s surveillance of Dr. King and does not treat the 2025 posting as a verdict on his assassination. The record, as indexed, is 6,302 public files disclosed by the National Archives pursuant to Executive Order 14176. Editorial claims that the files “expose a plot” or “close the case” are not supported by the packet facts and are not made here.

The index is not a complete FBI file on Dr. King. Records never posted, records posted elsewhere, and records this ingest missed are outside 6,302. A name search that returns fewer rows than a researcher expects is a statement about indexed titles in this slice, not about the full Bureau holdings.

Using the 2025 MLK collection hub

The MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release collection page lists the files behind 6,302. All collections places this hub among the other topic slices that make up 52,684. The document index is the site-wide catalog. Open the originating archive for the scans; BlackVaultDocs does not re-host the PDFs.

Title search is a catalog search. Wiretap transcripts, airtels, and field reports mentioned in related figure blurbs elsewhere on the site are not counted as extra facts on this packet. Only 6,302, 52,684, NARA, FBI surveillance records, Dr. King, 2025, and Executive Order 14176 are the numbers and names this topic packet supplies.

Citing the 6,302-document index

Cite 6,302 as the BlackVaultDocs indexed count for MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release. Cite 52,684 as the site-wide document total. Both come from an index of public NARA and FOIA releases. If ingest runs again, either count can change. PDFs remain on the originating archive. Do not cite 6,302 as NARA’s official complete inventory of every King-related FBI file.

The 12.0% share is 6,302 divided by 52,684. It compares catalog volume on this site. It does not mean 12% of all FBI records on Dr. King are public. Cite Executive Order 14176 as the disclosure authority named in the description, not as a reading of the files.

Limits of the 6,302-row catalog

FBI surveillance records on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are the contents named in the packet. The 6,302 count is how many of those posted files this ingest tagged to mlk-release-2025. A title missing from the hub is missing from this slice of the index, not proof that the Bureau never opened a file.

Cite 6,302 with collection name MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release and with NARA as the disclosing institution in 2025. Cite 52,684 as the site-wide total. PDFs remain on the originating archive. This page does not treat 6,302 as a finding on Dr. King’s death.

Questions

How many MLK 2025 release documents does BlackVaultDocs index?

BlackVaultDocs indexes 6,302 documents under MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release. That is 12.0% of the 52,684 documents in the site-wide index. The files are FBI surveillance records on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. disclosed by the National Archives in 2025 pursuant to Executive Order 14176.

What is Executive Order 14176 in this collection?

The packet description names Executive Order 14176 as the authority under which the National Archives disclosed these FBI surveillance records on Dr. King in 2025. This page cites that order as the disclosure label in the collection description. It does not interpret the order’s policy or the contents of the 6,302 files.

Are these 6,302 files part of the JFK Assassination Records Collection?

No. This hub is MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release, a separate topic slug. The 6,302 count is not a subset of any JFK release’s docCount. Both collections appear in the 52,684-document site-wide index as distinct slices. Agency tagging on this packet is nara.

Does this page say the FBI files explain Dr. King’s assassination?

No. The 6,302-document index is a catalog of public NARA releases of FBI surveillance records. This page does not treat those files as a finding on Dr. King’s death. Researchers should open the collection hub and the originating archive for the scans, not read 6,302 as an argument.