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While some events for Martin Luther King Jr. Day are continuing as planned in Mississippi, others will be virtual or are postponed due to COVID-19.
Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of voting 01:34 The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day , the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed as a federal holiday on Monday, Jan. 15, this year. The federal holiday is set aside each year is to celebrate the life of the American Civil Rights ...
Former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben V. Anderson will keynote Mississippi State University’s 27th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day event and Day of Service on Monday [Jan. 18].
Martin Luther King Jr. Day:What events are happening, postponed due to COVID-19 in MS? Data from the 2018-19 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program show 55.5% of 11th graders rated proficient or ...
Martin Luther King Jr., remembered at least annually during the national holiday established in his honor, is often lifted up as America’s greatest civil rights advocate.
On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the center. The holiday was to begin in 1986.
Alabama and Mississippi recognize both King and Lee on the ... President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the ...
Some other southern states at one time also had a joint holiday, but have ended that practice, leaving only Alabama and Mississippi with a single day honoring both King and Lee. Martin Luther King ...
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 ...
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Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day - MSNMONTGOMERY, 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 ...
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