MLK commission to feature Dr. Bernice King in its first televised MLK Day of Celebration Jan. 18 Casey Wright and last updated 2020-12-29 12:43:19-05 LANSING, Mich. â Dr. Bernice King will headline the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michiganâs 2021 annual signature event, which will be televised for the first time in its 36-year history. The 2021 MLK Day of Celebration will air on WILX TV 10-NBC, Monday, Jan. 18, 7-8 p.m. EST. King is a global peace activist and youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Bernice King was only five years old when her father was assassinated.