Alabama and Mississippi recognize both King and Lee on the ... President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s. ... Alabama. He completed his ...

In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in 1910.

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Arkansas in 2017 ended the state’s practice of commemorating Lee on the same day as King, leaving only Alabama and Mississippi remaining.

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 ...

Alabama and Mississippi in the 1980s adopted Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, adding it to their existing day honoring Lee. U.S. & World Trump Administration 9 hours ago ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Arkansas in 2017 ended the state’s practice of commemorating Lee on the same day as King, leaving only Alabama and Mississippi remaining.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — 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… ...