The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, ...

Mississippi and Alabama are the last states to celebrate Confederate general Robert E. Lee alongside Civil Rights icon Martin ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Yet, Alabama and Mississippi will instead celebrate Robert E. Lee, a symbol of the confederacy and its ...

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin ...

Martin Luther King Day is a celebration of the late civil rights leader, taking place on the 3rd Monday in January. However, two states celebrate another historical figure on the same day, confederate ...

Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...

Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of ... closely followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. From his post in Texas, Lee writes home to his son Custis ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... there are 12 counties in the U.S. named "Lee," all in Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky ...

King was born on Jan. 15, 1929. In 2 states, MLK Day also honors Robert E. Lee When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing ...

King was born on Jan. 15, 1929. When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Confederate general Robert E. Lee.