Lee–Jackson–King Day

Lee-Jackson-King Day
Observed by	Southern United States
Type	Cultural, Southern
Significance	Southern Heritage
Frequency	annual
Related to	Lee-Jackson Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Lee-Jackson-King Day was a holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1984 to 2000.

Robert E. Lee's birthday (January 19, 1807) has been celebrated as a Virginia holiday since 1889. In 1904, the legislature added the birthday of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824) to the holiday, and Lee–Jackson Day was born.^[1]

In 1983, the United States Congress declared January 15 to be a national holiday in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Since 1978, Virginia had celebrated King's birthday in conjunction with New Year's Day. To align with the federal holiday, the Virginia legislature combined King's celebration with the existing Lee-Jackson holiday.

In 2000, Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore proposed splitting Lee-Jackson-King Day into two separate holidays after debate arose over whether the nature of the holiday which simultaneously celebrated the lives of Confederate generals and a civil rights icon was incongruous. The measure was approved and the two holidays are now celebrated separately as Lee–Jackson Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

References

↑ Berkow, Ira (November 10, 1990). "Sports of the Times: Dr. King and the Super Bowl". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.

Stonewall Jackson

Leadership	Instructor, Virginia Military Institute Colonel, Virginia Militia Stonewall Brigade Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia

Mexican–American War	Siege of Veracruz Battle of Contreras Battle of Chapultepec Battle for Mexico City

American Civil War raids and expeditions	Great Train Raid of 1861 Romney Expedition

American Civil War battles and campaigns	First Battle of Manassas Valley Campaign Seven Days Battles Northern Virginia Campaign Maryland Campaign Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville

Historic items	Winchester Headquarters Stone Mountain Monument Avenue "Stonewall Jackson's Way" CSS Stonewall USS Stonewall USS Stonewall Jackson

Related	Lee–Jackson Day

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Speeches, movements, and protests

Speeches	"Give Us the Ballot" "I Have a Dream" "How Long, Not Long" "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Writings	Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story The Measure of a Man "What Is Man?" "Second Emancipation Proclamation" Strength to Love Letter from Birmingham Jail Why We Can't Wait Conscience for Change (The Trumpet of Conscience) Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Movements and protests	Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) Albany Movement (1961–1962) Birmingham campaign (1963) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) St. Augustine movement (1963–1964) Selma Voting Rights Movement (1965) Chicago Open Housing Movement (1966) Mississippi March Against Fear (1966) Anti-Vietnam War Movement (1967) Memphis Sanitation Strike (1968) Poor People's Campaign (1968)

People

Family	Martin Luther King, Sr. (father) Alberta Williams King (mother) Christine King Farris (sister) A. D. King (brother) Coretta Scott King (wife) Yolanda King (daughter) Martin Luther King III (son) Dexter Scott King (son) Bernice King (daughter) Alveda King (niece)

Other leaders	Ralph Abernathy (colleague) Ella Baker (colleague) James Bevel (strategist / colleague) Dorothy Cotton (colleague) Bernard Lafayette (colleague) James Lawson (colleague) Joseph Lowery (colleague) John Lewis (colleague) Jesse Jackson (protégé) Benjamin Mays (mentor) Diane Nash (colleague) James Orange (colleague) Bayard Rustin (advisor) Fred Shuttlesworth (colleague) C. T. Vivian (colleague) Wyatt Walker (colleague) Hosea Williams (colleague) Andrew Young (colleague)

Assassination

James Earl Ray Lorraine Motel (now National Civil Rights Museum) Funeral MLK Records Act Riots Loyd Jowers trial

Media

Film	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970 documentary) Our Friend, Martin (1999 animated) Boycott (2001 film) The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 (2008 documentary) Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK (2011 documentary) Selma (2014 film)

Television	King (1978 miniseries) "The First Store" (The Jeffersons episode, 1980) "Great X-Pectations" (A Different World episode, 1993) "The Promised Land" (New York Undercover episode, 1997) "Return of the King" (The Boondocks episode, 2006)

Plays	The Meeting (1987) The Mountaintop (2009) I Dream (2010) All the Way (2012)

Illustrated	Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (1957 comic book)

Music	"Abraham, Martin and John" (Dion) "March! For Martin Luther King" (John Fahey) "Martin Luther King's Dream" (Strawbs) "Happy Birthday" (Stevie Wonder) "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (U2) "MLK" (U2) "King Holiday" (King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew) "By The Time I Get To Arizona" (Public Enemy) "Shed a Little Light" (James Taylor) "Up to the Mountain" (Patti Griffin) "Never Alone Martin" (Jason Upton) "Symphony Of Brotherhood" (Miri Ben-Ari) Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King (1995 album) "A Dream" (Common featuring Will.i.am) "Glory" (Common and John Legend)

Related topics

Public holidays in the United States

January	New Year's Day (federal) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (federal) Confederate Heroes Day (TX) Idaho Human Rights Day (ID) Lee–Jackson Day (formerly Lee–Jackson–King Day) (VA) Robert E. Lee Day (FL, GA) Stephen Foster Memorial Day (36) Kansas Day (KS) The Eighth (LA,former federal)

January-February	Super Bowl Sunday

February Black History Month American Heart Month	Valentine's Day Mardi Gras Washington's Birthday (federal, also known as "Presidents' Day") Georgia Day (GA) Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NJ, NY, WV) Primary Election Day (WI) Ronald Reagan Day (CA) Rosa Parks Day (CA, MO, OH, OR) Susan B. Anthony Day (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV,proposed federal) National Freedom Day (36) Ash Wednesday (religious) Courir de Mardi Gras (religious) Groundhog Day

March Women's History Month	St. Patrick's Day (religious) Spring break (week) Harvey Milk Day (CA) Casimir Pulaski Day (IL) Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX, proposed federal) Evacuation Day (MA) Holi (NY, religious) Mardi Gras (AL (in two counties), LA) Maryland Day (MD) Passover (religious, sometimes in April) Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (HI) Seward's Day (AK) Texas Independence Day (TX) Town Meeting Day (VT) Ash Wednesday (religious) Courir de Mardi Gras (religious) Easter Monday (religious) Palm Sunday (religious, week, sometimes in April) Saint Joseph's Day (religious) National Poison Prevention Week (week) Super Tuesday

March-April	Easter (religious) Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, religious)

April Confederate History Month	April Fool's Day Arbor Day Confederate Memorial Day (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC) Emancipation Day (DC) Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (AL) Patriots' Day (MA, ME) San Jacinto Day (TX) Mahavir Jayanti (religious) 420 Day Earth Day Walpurgis Night (religious) Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (week)

May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month	Memorial Day (federal) Mother's Day (36) Cinco de Mayo Harvey Milk Day (CA) Truman Day (MO) Malcolm X Day (CA,IL,proposed federal) Law Day (36) Loyalty Day (36) National Day of Prayer (36) National Defense Transportation Day (36) National Maritime Day (36) Peace Officers Memorial Day (36) Military Spouse Day May Day

June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month	Father's Day (36) Flag Day (36,proposed federal) Odunde Festival (Philadelphia, PA) Emancipation Day In Texas / Juneteenth (TX) Helen Keller Day (PA) Jefferson Davis Day (AL, FL) Kamehameha Day (HI) West Virginia Day (WV) Honor America Days (week) Senior Week (week) Carolina Day (SC)

July	Independence Day (federal) Pioneer Day (UT) Parents' Day (36) Honor America Days (week)

July-August	Summer vacation

August	Bennington Battle Day (VT) Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI) Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX) Service Reduction Day (MD) Victory over Japan Day (RI, former federal) National Aviation Day (36) Women's Equality Day (36) American Family Day (AZ)

September National Hispanic Heritage Month National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month	Labor Day (federal) Native American Day (CA,proposed federal) Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (36) Constitution Day (36) Gold Star Mothers Day (36) National Grandparents Day (36) Patriot Day (36) Constitution Week (week) National Payroll Week (week)

September-October	Oktoberfest Rosh Hashanah (religious) Yom Kippur (religious)

October Filipino American History Month LGBT History Month National Breast Cancer Awareness Month National Disability Employment Awareness Month National Hispanic Heritage Month	Halloween Columbus Day (federal) Alaska Day (AK) Diwali (religious) Missouri Day (MO) Native American Day (SD) Nevada Day (NV) Child Health Day (36) Leif Erikson Day (36) White Cane Safety Day (36) International Day of Non-Violence German-American Day General Pulaski Memorial Day Sweetest Day National School Lunch Week

October-November	Diwali (religious)

November Native American Indian Heritage Month	Thanksgiving (federal) Day after Thanksgiving (23) Veterans Day (federal) Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, WV, proposed federal) Democracy Day (proposed federal) Family Day (NV) Native American Heritage Day (MD, WA) Obama Day (Perry County, AL) Hanukkah (religious)

December	Christmas (religious, federal) Kwanzaa (religious, week) Christmas Eve (KY, NC) Day after Christmas (SC) New Year's Eve Hanukkah (religious, week) Alabama Day (AL) Indiana Day (IN) Rosa Parks Day (CA, MO, OH, OR) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36) Pan American Aviation Day (36) Wright Brothers Day (36) Festivus

Varies (year round)	Eid al-Adha (religious) Ramadan (religious, month) Eid al-Fitr (religious,NY,MI)

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