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– Despite intermittent rain showers, several hundred people turned out for a Unity Walk and Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday afternoon at the Downtown City Park in Paso Robles.

Lake Wales High School Student Wins MLK Oratorical Contest by James Coulter A Lake Wales High School student is living the dream after giving a speech about Martin Luther King's dream and winning first place at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Contest in Lake Wales. On Friday evening, five…

Morehead State University's Student Eagle Diversity Center (SEDC) and the Campus Activities Board (CAB) will sponsor a day of service and the annual MLK

[UPDATE -- 4 P.M. SUNDAY, JANUARY 16] Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who is among 2021 MacArthur “genius grant” winners, delivered the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Sunday. The threat of hazardous conditions Sunday from freezing rain forced the observance to move online. The commemoration can be viewed here.

Princeton University historian and writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, speaking during Duke University’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration held virtually on Sunday, touched on her scholarship on how past and present political and economic policies sustain chronic racial inequality, and how social movements, such as Black Lives Matter, can transform that narrative.

On Monday, the City of Santa Clarita held its inaugural ‘Unity Walk,’ a gathering of political figures, Black community leaders and...

All residents are invited to participate in various — mostly virtual — events this year, including an important discussion about race and education.

[UPDATE -- 4 P.M. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14] Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who is among 2021 MacArthur “genius grant” winners, will deliver the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 16. The threat of hazardous conditions Sunday from freezing rain forced the observance to move online. The commemoration will stream here.

Orange, Durham and Chatham counties each have many in-person and virtual events planned for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

For the second year in a row, Sarasotas MLK celebration has been canceled after organizers cite concern over possible COVID spread.