Alabama’s long practice of celebrating a joint Martin Luther King Jr./Robert E. Lee Day continues, despite efforts to separate the two.

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 ...

And, as it has done for decades, Alabama combines the Lee holiday with that honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. READ MORE: Martin Luther King Jr. Day quotes: MLK inspiration ...

A petition calling on Alabama to end its combined Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee holiday has garnered more than 13,600 signatures. The petition on Care2 urges Alabama and Mississippi ...

On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the center. The holiday was to begin in 1986.

Martin Luther King Jr Day is a federal holiday in the United States that takes place on the third Monday in January. It honours the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — 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 ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Black citizens make up 36% of the population in Mississippi and 27% in Alabama. King first rose to prominence in the 1950s as the leader of ...

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 ...