Arkansas To Split Its Holidays For Martin Luther King Jr. And Robert E. Lee
Since 1985, the state has celebrated the civil rights icon and Confederate general on the same day. A bill set to be signed into law removes Lee from King's federal holiday, bumping him to October.
Updated at 11:42 a.m. ET
With the stroke of a pen on Tuesday, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is expected to separate a holiday that has for decades celebrated both Martin Luther King Jr. and Gen. Robert E. Lee in the state.
Under the bill that Hutchinson says he'll sign into
