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, 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 ...

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday ... The general’s personal opinions on race have been contested and distorted since his death, but ...

A prodigiously gifted programmer with a zest for life, Lee, forty-three, is a beloved figure in the Bay Area tech scene with a wide personal and ... to Judge Alexandra Robert Gordon.

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 ...

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — 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 ...