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MLK Day events in Chapel Hill

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Jody Mace


The Chapel Hill – Carrboro NAACP is commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at these free, public events on Monday, January 21st, 2019.

Rally
9 a.m.
Peace and Justice Plaza, 179 East Franklin Street

The rally will be immediately followed with a march to First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill.

Observance Service
11 a.m.
First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill, 106 N Roberson St, Chapel Hill

More MLK Day events in the Triangle:

Friday, January 18, 2019

MLK Dreamfest: Building the Dream: Affordable Housing in Wake County Symposium

9:00 am | FREE | Cary Arts Center

39th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony

9:00 am | FREE | Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens, Raleigh

Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. with guest speaker Senator Valerie Foushee

10:30 am to 11:30 am | FREE | Jerry M. Passmore Senior Center, Hillsborough

Saturday, January 19, 2019

MLK Dreamfest: Remembering the Leaders of the Dream--family-friendly activities including storytelling and crafts

10:00 am | FREE | Cary Arts Center

MLK Wreath Laying Ceremony in Durham

12:00 pm | FREE | CCB Plaza, Durham

MLK Dreamfest: Wilmington on Fire (film)

2:00 pm | FREE | Cary Arts Center

MLK Dreamfest: Celebrating the Dream (Music)

8:00 pm | FREE | Cary Arts Center

Sunday, January 20, 2019

MLK Dreamfest: Al: My Brother (film and discussion)

2:00 pm | FREE | The Cary Theater

2019 MLK Commemoration at Duke University--free and open to the public

3:00 pm | FREE | Duke University Chapel

Interfaith MLK Day of Service for Teens at The Levin JCC, including Bull City Slam Team performance and pizza

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Levin JCC, Durham

Monday, January 21, 2019

Free: 7th Annual MLK Day Breakfast

6:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Widow’s Son Lodge #4, Raleigh

39th Annual MLK, Jr. Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast

7:15 am | FREE | Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park

MLK Day Rally

9:00 am | FREE | Peace and Justice Plaza, Chapel Hill

MLK Dreamfest: MLK Day of Service Shift A

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Good Hope Farm, Cary

MLK Day Screening of ALTHEA

10:00 am | FREE | The Durham Hotel

Annual MLK Birthday Party at Northgate Mall: cake, music, dance, poetry, art

10:30 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Northgate Mall, Durham

MLK Unity March and Rally in Durham

10:30 am | FREE | First Presbyterian Church, Durham

39th Annual MLK Memorial Day March

11:00 am | FREE | North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh

MLK Day Observance Service

11:00 am | FREE | First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill

MLK Discussion of film ALTHEA by director Rex Miller

12:00 pm | FREE | The Durham Hotel

The 39th Annual Martin Luther King Noon Observation

12:00 pm | FREE | Duke Energy Center for The Performing Arts, Raleigh

Book Harvest Dream Big MLK Book Drive Celebration

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Durham Central Park

MLK Dreamfest: MLK Day of Service Shift B

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Good Hope Farm, Cary

MLK Day Screening of ALTHEA

2:00 pm | FREE | The Durham Hotel

39th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Evening Musical Celebration

5:30 pm | FREE | Duke Energy Center for The Performing Arts, Raleigh

Annual MLK Religious Service, Durham

6:00 pm | FREE | Mount Level Missionary Baptist Church, Durham

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

19th Annual DCRI MLK Day Celebration

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham

MLK Day at UNC: He Was a Poem, He Was a Song

5:00 pm | FREE | Stone Center (UNC)

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

MLK Event at Duke University: Talk by Writer and Activist Shaun King (free, but tickets are required)

7:00 pm | FREE | Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan University Center, Duke University

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration in Wake Forest

6:00 pm | FREE | Friendship Chapel Baptist Church, Wake Forest

MLK Day at UNC: The 38th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote Lecture and Awards Ceremony

7:30 pm | FREE

Peace and Justice Plaza, Chapel Hill

179 E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC

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First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill

106 N Roberson St
Chapel Hill, NC

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