Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops celebrating Lee, a Confederate who chose treason and human bondage over country.
Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? This year, the state and federal holiday also falls on Inauguration Day for President-elect ...
But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate ... Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in 1910.
Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? This year, the state and federal holiday also falls on Inauguration Day for President ...