LITTLE ROCK — Black lawmakers are holding off on saying whether they support an effort this year to end Arkansas' practice of honoring civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same day.
The Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday tabled a vote on ending the dual holiday. Gov. Asa Hutchinson is considering putting the proposal on the agenda for a special session later this spring. Members of the caucus said they want to see the proposed legislation in writing before taking a stance.
Arkansas is one of three states to jointly celebrate the black civil-rights icon and the white Confederate general on the third Monday in January, and a proposal to end that practice failed repeatedly before a House committee last year.
Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.