Alabama, Mississippi also honoring Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Alabama, Mississippi continue to celebrate Lee
Two states still honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day. See which ones, why
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Events in North MS honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, and West Tennessee. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...Very cold temperatures along with low wind chill values can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: When did it become a holiday? What to know about his assassination
Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.
What is MLK Day? What to know about the federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.
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What Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Means Today
Reginald Dwayne Betts went from being a 16-year-old facing a nine-year prison sentence to a MacArthur “genius,” an award-winning author, and a nonprofit founder. Dr. King’s legacy taught him that no person—or nation—is beyond redemption.
How did MLK Day become a federal holiday?
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, equality and the Beloved Community that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his life's work.
The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.
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COLUMN | Alabama the Backward
Martin Luther King Jr. Yet, Alabama and Mississippi will instead celebrate Robert E. Lee, a symbol of the confederacy and its fight to maintain slavery. Deeming MLK Day a "cultural issue" while celebrating a confederate leader and looking past it should not be normalized.
MLK Day forecast: How much snow will Jackson get? What is the forecast for Hattiesburg?
The National Weather Service in Jackson said snow could blanket Central Mississippi and South Mississippi on Tuesday, creating dangerous driving conditions.
Winter Storm Warning for 18 States Amid 'Treacherous' Conditions
Several states were under either winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories from the NWS early Monday morning.
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Cold weather prompts school closures, train cancellations in Minnesota
Most schools across Minnesota are off Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Some of the remaining districts have canceled or moved classes online due to the extreme cold.
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Martin Luther King’s MLK Jr’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, 1964
Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood.