Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned ... Monday in January MLK Day. Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states ...
We step back in history to a Civil War Confederate Camp with reenactors. We take a closer look at their equipment and show ...
By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states ...
In the years after the Civil War, white politicians ... and dead Confederate soldiers. Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in 1910.
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 ... the Civil War, white politicians ...
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 ... after the Civil War, white politicians ...
Black citizens make up 36% of the population in Mississippi and 27% in Alabama. Gen. Robert E. Lee, leader of Confederate troops in the U.S. Civil War, is shown, date unknown. Credit: AP ...
(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.