Arkansas Panel Rejects Removing Lee From King Holiday

(AP) — A bid to end Arkansas' practice of commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. on the same day has failed before a state House panel. The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday rejected the proposal, which would have removed Lee from the state holiday honoring King.

 

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