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Robert E. Lee Day
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Robert E. Lee Day is a state holiday observed on various dates in parts of the Southern US, commemorating the January 19 birthday of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. It is rooted in the Lost Cause m
Robert E. Lee in 1870
Robert E. Lee in 1870
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the civil rights move
Robert E. Lee Day
…or schools close down for it. Alabama and Mississippi observe it on the third Monday in January, in order to split the date with the federal holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Arkansas combined the observance of Robert E. Lee Day with Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1985, after two years of requiring state employees to select…
King in 1965
King in 1965
A sign in 1969, pro­mot­ing a holiday on the an­ni­ver­sa­ry of King's death
A sign in 1969, pro­mot­ing a holiday on the an­ni­ver­sa­ry of King's death
Ronald Reagan and Coretta Scott King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day signing ceremony
Ronald Reagan and Coretta Scott King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day signing ceremony
Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, and President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Martin Luther King Sr., Rosalynn Carter, Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, and President Jimmy Carter in 1979.