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'Robert ELee'

Confederate monuments falling, but not fast enough

Monuments to slavery's defense were reduced in 2020, but many remain, including in Arkansas.
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The Lost Cause fight continues at the Arkansas legislature UPDATE

A bill to ban study of a history of slavery in the U.S. isn't the only white nationalist propaganda on file at the Arkansas legislature.
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Virginia to remove Confederate statuary. Arkansas?

With many places reconsidering Confederate statues on government property and removing them, is it time again to think about those on Little Rock and Arkansas property?

Tom Cotton blistered for lying for Trump; silence of GOP politicians also made statements yesterday

Tom Cotton is blasted for defending Donald Trump's racism. It probably won't hurt him in Arkansas, as evidenced by defeaning silence on the topic from other Republican politicians.
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Confederate statues: Arkansas has them, too, of course

Discuss: Time to remove Confederate statutes from the lawn of the Arkansas Capitol?

Arkansas House committee endorses bill to end dual Robert E. Lee-ML King holiday

The House Education Committee this afternoon approved a bill to end the dual observance of a state holiday for Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr.The approval came on a voice vote, over some objections, but nobody requested a roll call. The bill now goes to the House for final action.
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The highs and lows of Arkansas's observance of a joint King-Lee holiday

It's a state holiday today to observe the birthdays of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee, the general who led the secessionist states' fight to preserve slavery. From the files of history, King's famous speech and the segregationist roots of the Lee Holiday observance in Arkansas.

Support for blackface board member in Blevins draws national attention

The controversy about Ted Bonner, the Blevins School Board member who dressed up in minstrel-style blackface for Halloween, has now drawn attention from the Washington Post. Support for a racially derogatory school board member perhaps helps explain the difficulty of ridding Arkansas of an official state holiday for Robert E. Lee.
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Will Arkansas legislature go wobbly on ending the King-Lee holiday?

The King-Lee holiday Monday will come with no official action yet on promised legislation to end the dual observance of birthdays of a civil rights giant and a general who fought to preserve slavery.

Little Rock City Board to consider resolution asking legislature to repeal R.E. Lee, MLK Jr. holidays

Also before the board: A rezoning request to build a Popeye's along Markham and a resolution to rescind a Planning Commission denial of a private wastewater treatment plant outside of city limits.
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Pulaski County government endorses end to dual holiday for King and Lee

The Pulaski County Quorum Court will vote tonight on a resolution calling on the state legislature to end the dual state holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

The King Day open line

Here's the Martin Luther King/Robert E. Lee Holiday open line.
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