Alabama disgraces itself by continuing to honor a traitor on MLK Day
No decent person could ever seriously justify honoring Robert E. Lee at all, much less on the same day the state honors MLK.
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Bill filed to eliminate Jefferson Davis holiday
Rep. Chris England also plans to file a bill to eliminate Robert E. Lee Day, which is still celebrated in conjunction with MLK Day.
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Inauguration speeches came on a day when Alabama has chosen to honor both Martin Luther King and Robert E. Lee.
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See recent postsIt’s past time to stop celebrating Robert E. Lee on MLK Day
This is about giving MLK his just due, not undermining him by celebrating someone who led a competing, wrong cause.
Sewell votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
The bill will now go to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
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Two participation trophies fell in Alabama on Monday night. No tears were shed. On the same day that the state “celebrated” Confederate Memorial Day — which is somehow still a state holiday some 150 years after the traitorous South surrendered in its quest to make legal the ownership of other human beings — a large … Continued
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See recent postsMLK Day: A time for change
Today, as the nation celebrates MLK Day, Alabama still tacks Robert E. Lee onto its observances. But it’s time to end that practice as a new generation deserves to see a better Alabama. Alabama Code, Title 1. General Provisions § 1-3-8 enumerates the state’s legal public holidays, which lists the third Monday in January as … Continued
Thursday is the 156th anniversary of the end of the siege at Vicksburg
On July 4, 1863 Confederate Lieutenant General John Pemberton surrendered the Mississippi town of Vicksburg and the Confederate fortifications there to Major General Ulysses S. Grant. The fall of Vicksburg combined with the fall of Port Hudson five days later gave the Union Army complete control of the Mississippi River and cut the South in … Continued
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See recent postsAlabama’s continued honoring of Robert Lee is a slap in the face to black Americans
Today, the State of Alabama will honor two men. One was a man who advocated for peace and justice, who led peaceful protests and demanded non-violent resistance to abhorrent mistreatment of Americans based solely on the color of their skin. All across America, people will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King … Continued
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today is the national Martin Luther King Jr. state and federal holiday. Banks, schools, government offices, and some businesses will be closed today in solemn observance of King’s life and legacy. King was a Montgomery pastor and civil rights leader in the 1950s and 1960s, who rose to national prominence with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. … Continued