On Monday, as President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, some of the president’s most ...

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

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

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

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned by most after President Ronald Reagan designated the third Monday in ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... ancestors who fought to defend states' rights and their way of life. There was another surge in response to civil rights expansion in ...