Editing Martin Luther King Jr. Day (section)

==Alternative names==
While all states now observe the holiday, some did not name the day after King. For example, in New Hampshire, the holiday was known as "Civil Rights Day" until 1999, when the State Legislature voted to change the name of the holiday to Martin Luther King Day.<ref name="nyt99">{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Carey |date=May 26, 1999 |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E0DC1031F935A15756C0A96F958260&scp=2&sq=Carey%20Goldberg%20Martin%20Luther%20King%201999&st=cse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111011843/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E0DC1031F935A15756C0A96F958260&scp=2&sq=Carey%20Goldberg%20Martin%20Luther%20King%201999&st=cse |title=Contrarian New Hampshire To Honor Dr. King, at Last |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Several additional states have chosen to combine commemorations of King's birthday with other observances:
*In [[Alabama]]: "[[Robert E. Lee Day|Robert E. Lee]]/Martin Luther King Birthday".<ref>{{cite web|website=Alabama.gov|url=http://inform.alabama.gov/calendar.aspx|title=Calendar|access-date=January 5, 2015|archive-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205173025/http://inform.alabama.gov/calendar.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In [[Arizona]]: "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=%2Fars%2F1%2F00301.htm&Title=1&DocType=ARS|title=1–301. Holidays enumerated|website=[[Arizona Legislature]]|access-date=January 22, 2008|archive-date=January 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110204959/http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=%2Fars%2F1%2F00301.htm&Title=1&DocType=ARS|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In [[Arkansas]]: it was known as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday and [[Robert E. Lee Day|Robert E. Lee's Birthday]]" from 1985 to 2017. Legislation in March 2017 changed the name of the state holiday to "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday" and moved the commemoration of Lee to October.
*In [[Idaho]]: "Martin Luther King Jr.–[[Idaho Human Rights Day]]".<ref>{{cite web|website=Idaho.gov|url=http://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title73/T73CH1SECT73-108.htm|title=TItle 73|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906042351/http://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title73/T73CH1SECT73-108.htm|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In [[Mississippi]]: "Martin Luther King's and Robert E. Lee's Birthdays".<ref>{{cite web|website=MS.gov|url=https://www.dfa.ms.gov/dfa-offices/human-resources/explanation-of-benefits/state-holidays/|title=State Holidays|access-date=June 19, 2021|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618090740/https://www.dfa.ms.gov/dfa-offices/human-resources/explanation-of-benefits/state-holidays/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In [[New Hampshire]]: "Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xxv/288/288-mrg.htm|title=CHAPTER 288 HOLIDAYS|website=[[New Hampshire General Court]]|access-date=January 14, 2008|archive-date=April 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409115335/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xxv/288/288-mrg.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In [[Virginia]]: it was known as [[Lee–Jackson–King Day]], combining King's birthday with the established [[Lee–Jackson Day]].<ref name="newcrisis">{{cite web|last=Petrie|first=Phil W.|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/3783538/mlk-holiday-branches-work-make-work|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119044638/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/3783538/mlk-holiday-branches-work-make-work|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-19|title=The MLK holiday: Branches work to make it work|date=May–June 2000|work=[[The New Crisis]]|access-date=November 12, 2008}}</ref> In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own right.<ref name="lege">{{cite news|last=Duran |first=April |date=April 10, 2000 |archive-date=July 11, 2010 |url=http://www.has.vcu.edu/mac/cns/on-the-lege-2000/holiday.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711171616/http://www.has.vcu.edu/mac/cns/on-the-lege-2000/holiday.htm |title=Virginia creates holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |newspaper=On The Lege |publisher=[[Virginia Commonwealth University]] |access-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Lee-Jackson Day was eliminated in 2020.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbs19news.com/story/42315567/new-state-laws-that-go-into-effect-july-1 | title=New state laws that go into effect July 1 | website=CBS 19 News | location=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]] | date=July 1, 2020 | access-date=July 16, 2020 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716120357/https://www.cbs19news.com/story/42315567/new-state-laws-that-go-into-effect-july-1 | archive-date=July 16, 2020 }}</ref>
*In [[Wyoming]]: it is known as "Martin Luther King Jr./Wyoming Equality Day". [[Harriet Elizabeth Byrd|Liz Byrd]], the first black woman in the Wyoming legislature, introduced a bill in 1991 for Wyoming to recognize MLK day as a paid state holiday; she compromised on the name because her peers would not pass it otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/liz-byrd-first-black-woman-wyoming-legislature|title=Liz Byrd, First Black Woman in Wyoming's Legislature {{!}} WyoHistory.org|website=www.wyohistory.org|access-date=January 16, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102142948/https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/liz-byrd-first-black-woman-wyoming-legislature|url-status=live}}</ref>