Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day upcoming celebrations

JACKSON, Tenn.– “Dr. King’s life and legacy continues,” said Jackson-Madison County NAACP President Harrell Carter.

To kick off the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., local organizations will invite the community for a breakfast at the T.R. White Sportsplex at 8 a.m Monday.

“Lane College Chapter of the NAACP and the Jackson-Madison County Youth Council will have that task of providing that breakfast in remembrance of Dr. King,” Carter said.

Another breakfast celebration will be held at the University of Tennessee at Martin at 9 a.m., located at the Boling University Center in the Duncan Ballroom.

Carter said along with the breakfast there will be a number of events throughout the day in the Hub City.

For instance, the March for Freedom at 10:15 a.m. followed by a Martin Luther King Jr. Life and Legacy Remembrance service at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 10:45 a.m.

“We will have a day of volunteerism, where we will have volunteers spread out through the city and county,” Carter said.

Volunteers can sign up from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

You can also do volunteering with members of Agape Christian Fellowship Church at RIFA at 11 a.m.

To end the evening, there will be an Unity Service with various speakers including Jackson Mayor Scott Conger and Lane College President Logan Hampton at Englewood Baptist Church at 5:30 p.m.

“Our motto on tomorrow is when we fight together we win,” Carter said.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is observed on the third Monday of January.