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.

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 ...

From what I'm seeing today, I fully expect a tornado watch in South MS on Saturday. Now, whether we actually see warnings on the coast or whether the worst t-storms happen just to our north like ...

How Martin Luther King Jr. foresaw Mississippi's new Episcopal Black bishop. Story by RNS • 6mo (RNS) — In his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the March on Washington 61 years ago, ...

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 ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... Alabama and Mississippi in the 1980s adopted Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, adding it to their existing day honoring Lee.

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always scheduled to take place on the third Monday in January. President Ronald Regan signed the bill creating the holiday into federal law in 1983. It was first ...