“The day on which we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday will also be one of the darkest and most shameful days in ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Yet, Alabama and Mississippi will instead celebrate Robert E. Lee, a symbol of the confederacy and its ...

It took a long political effort to make the King Holiday commemoration a federal law. ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, ...

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.

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee ...

Mississippi and Alabama are the last states to celebrate Confederate general Robert E. Lee alongside Civil Rights icon Martin ...

The debate over these holiday observances continues to evolve, reflecting broader national conversations about historical ...