Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of voting 01:34. The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.But in Alabama and ...

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 ...

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. BY Associated Press Alabama. PUBLISHED 4:30 PM ET Jan. 19, 2025 PUBLISHED 4:30 PM EST ...

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. ... In 2 states, MLK Day also honors Robert E. Lee.

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 ...

President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the slain civil rights leader.

— 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 ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the ...