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@Blklivesmatter ("Black Lives Matter") wrote:
"We are 158 years removed from the Civil War. The fact that Alabama and Mississippi have an official King-Lee Day holiday is more than a little bewildering."
with quote tweet:
A pair of Southern states honored Martin Luther King Jr. That's the good news.
The bad news is the same Southern states simultaneously honored Confederate general Robert E. Lee — and tied the two holidays together. (via MaddowBlog) https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/southern-states-weeks-holiday-wasnt-just-mlk-rcna66050?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=63c81194033a4d000144515f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter