Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...

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

“I thought it was very interesting that a school would choose that,” said Burge, now a history teacher in ... Jim Plyler Instructional Complex. Robert E. Lee High School was opened in 1958 ...

No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child of Colonel Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807.

Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin ... Here's what you need to know about King-Lee Day and ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states ...

Martin Luther King Day is a celebration of the late civil rights leader, taking place on the 3rd Monday in January. However, two states celebrate another historical figure on the same day, confederate ...

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

Robert E. Lee, despite it long being believed that Lee ... but announced a 24-member committee that would look into the song's history. Last week, The Texas Tribune reported that hundreds of ...