Gov. Kay Ivey has authorized Juneteenth Day — the federal holiday marking the end of slavery — as a holiday for state workers this year in Alabama.
Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a memo to all state department heads stating that state offices will be closed Friday, June 18, to observe Juneteenth.
State offices are closed Monday in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day. Alabama and Mississippi have two more Confederate-related state holidays besides Confederate Memorial Day. Both states jointly observe Robert E. Lee Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January, and Alabama marks the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in February. Mississippi marks Davis’s birthday on federal…
Alabama inched closer to setting aside a day to honor civil rights icon Rosa Parks. An Alabama Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation to name Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day. The bill now moves to the full Senate. Parks was arrested Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her…
Alabama could be adding ‘Rosa Parks Day’ to its list of state holidays. Supporters of the idea held a rally on the house chamber floor calling on law makers to designate December 1st to the late civil rights icon. If passed, the day would not be a full-fledged state holiday where state offices close. Parks was arrested on December 1,…
The Confederate Memorial on the Capitol grounds in Mont. The state of Georgia eliminated the official holiday for “Confederate Memorial Day” last year. They officially changed the name to “State Holiday”. Alabama continues to commemorate Confederate Memorial Day on the last Monday in April, today. You can see a list of the official state holidays on this Alabama Department of…
