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. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E.

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Will that change?

On Monday, as President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, some of the president’s most extreme supporters chose to celebrate Confederate general and slaveowner Robert E. Lee instead.

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

On every third Monday in January every year Alabama and Mississippi honor slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr and Confederate General Robert E Lee

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. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ...

(AP) — 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. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee ...

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Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK (1993)’’ and “Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.” But if anyone thinks the files will ...

It's not surprising that Trump’s actions are inconsistent with his stated inauguration goal of achieving the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. America has always taken action inconsistent with achieving its own dream.

Millions of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas have already been made public, but President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousands of still-classified files.

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