One fact cementing any association with MLK day is that many people in the Southern U.S.[weasel words] do not feel comfortable taking off of work to celebrate the life of a historical figure with whose political purposes and religious beliefs they have nothing in common.Template:Really? They do not, however, wish to miss a paid government holiday. When celebrated on the same day, as it is in Arkansas, Robert E. Lee day provides a solution for them.[5] In addition, it serves as a means of communicating their socio-political viewpoint in a way that is politically acceptable: any connotations either politically incorrect or improper are omitted from the discourse, even though this very fact is salient.[editorializing]
In Florida, it is celebrated on January 19. In Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi it is celebrated on or around January 19.
In Georgia, it is celebrated on the 4th Friday of November.[6]
(federal) = federal holidays, (abbreviation) = state/territorial holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (cultural) = holiday related to a specific racial/ethnic group or sexual minority, (week) = week-long holidays, (month) = month-long holidays, (36) = Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies
