Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you ...
While most of the U.S. observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January, two Southern states also officially recognize Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same date. Other Southern ...
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Alabama. But alongside honors for the slain civil rights leader is recognition for Civil War general Robert E. Lee. Alabama and Mississippi are the only states ...
On Monday, Jan. 19, Americans honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,, a civil rights icon who devoted his life to ending racism and segregation through nonviolence before he was ...