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, Monday is ...

Students Arianna Brown and Sarah Watson went on the Alabama trip ... The theme of Marietta College’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration this year is “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom ...

Local leaders are preparing to host the 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Peace March ... up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus, according to History.com.

In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day ... the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for protesting ...

Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Alabama is the only other state that combines the Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. holidays.