Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr ... President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr ...

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Will that change?

In this Aug. 28, 1963, file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ... Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays.

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. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ...

Martin Luther King Day is a celebration of the late civil rights leader, taking place on the 3rd Monday in January. ... confederate general Robert E. Lee. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

— 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. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day ...

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. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the ...