Despite legislative efforts to change Alabama’s holidays honoring the Confederacy, the state still combines the day honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with Confederate general ...

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, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the ...

A proposal to place a monument to Martin Luther King Jr. on Stone Mountain in Georgia is coming under attack—from civil rights leaders and Sons of Confederate Veterans. Suggested Reading Surprising ...

Those driving into South Carolina are met with quite the sight on Interstate 85. Flying atop a 120-foot flagpole is a Confederate Flag. It is estimated that 80,400 travelers see it every day. The ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday isn't the only holiday this week for state employees in Texas. They can also take off Friday for a state holiday that has been a source of controversy: Confederate ...

ATLANTA -- Police worked Thursday to identify two white males who were caught on surveillance camera laying Confederate battle flags neatly on the ground near the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s church.

In a high-energy lecture that included the Confederate and American flags, Tonya Thames-Taylor said what has given the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. his enduring brand power is peace, and Coretta Scott ...

Confederate battle flags were found Thursday morning on the grounds of Ebenezer Baptist Church and the King Center in Atlanta, police and church officials said. Ebenezer Baptist Church is best known ...

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 Robert E ...