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Mississippi State University: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. From 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Mississippi State University students, staff and community members will volunteer at service sites ...
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].
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 ...
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.
“Great Americans Day” is a remnant of the hostile response many American towns gave when the first national Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated on Jan. 20, 1986, TIME reports.
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 ...
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 ...