To: The Alabama State House, The Alabama State Senate, and Governor Kay Ivey

Alabama: Stop recognizing Confederate holidays as official state holidays.

Currently Alabama celebrates Confederate Memorial day, Jefferson Davis' Birthday, and Robert E. Lee's Birthday (falling on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day). This petition is to call for an end to the official celebration of these days by the State of Alabama.

Why is this important?

In light of the recent attack in South Carolina it's time to call for an end to the celebration of these holidays. We must begin to acknowledge the festering wound of racism left by our past. A start to that process is to stop celebrating the Confederacy, a racist, hateful, treasonous regime that caused immense suffering in the state of Alabama. If the state would like to continue giving their employees as many paid days off there are countless individuals from Alabama history to celebrate.