Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do ...
Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...
The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.
Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since the early 1900s, later combining it with the federal celebration of King, which President Ronald ...
Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights ... the bill creating the holiday into federal law in 1983. It was first observed in 1986. King was born on Jan. 15, 1929.