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Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (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 Day in honor of the Confederate general.

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.

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Here's what will be open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Inauguration Day in Connecticut

Several public agencies, federal offices and schools will close to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, coinciding with Trump's Inauguration Day.

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Civil rights leaders, King family mark MLK Day as special call to action

When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on ...

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Civil rights advisor Bayard Rustin helped inform Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘dream’

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

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Black Marylanders celebrate MLK Day in the shadow of Trump’s inauguration

The two events are coinciding for just the third time since 1986, when the civil rights leader’s birthday was first honored ...

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