Skip to main content Currently Reading After a year of racial reckoning, Black lawmakers believe they can finally eliminate Confederate Heroes Day in Texas Neelam Bohra, Texas Tribune FacebookTwitterEmail State Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, chairperson of the Legislative Black Caucus, wants to pass legislation that would remove or replace Confederate Heros Day, a state holiday celebrating leaders of the Confederate army. (Stephen Spillman / for Express-News)Stephen Spillman /Stephen Spillman The day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring a leader of the American ci...