Biloxi, Mississippi, is facing outrage after sending a tweet that referenced Monday, Jan. 16, as “Great Americans Day” instead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Non-emergency municipal offices in Biloxi will be closed on Monday in observance of Great Americans Day. Martin Luther King Jr., who led the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and ’60s. Martin Luther King Jr. Gilich issued a news release late Friday requesting that the City Council change the name of the holiday back to Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Source: Huffington Post January 14, 2017 06:10 UTC