MLK
Zoiks, I only just learned about this and have apparently already missed one of today's two airings on The People's Channel.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the town of Chapel Hill will air a documentary about the renaming of Airport Rd.
Monday at noon and 7 p.m. Chapel Hillians can follow the process of how the town’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard came to be. The film includes the entire dedication as well as the various ceremonial activities associated with the event.
The film features speeches by former Mayor Kevin Foy, United Methodist Reverend Jill Edens, late Council Member Bill Thorpe and former president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP president Fred Battle. Their powerful words are underscored by the music of the J.R. Manley Essence of God Youth Choir and the St. Joseph Male Chorus.
The 2005 spring day highlighted by the film marked Dr. King’s 45th anniversary visit to Chapel Hill. Monday, the town will celebrate Dr. King’s birthday for the 26th time.
Chapel Hill was one of the first communities in North Carolina to declare Martin Luther King Jr. Day a municipal holiday.
The film will air twice on Chapel Hill TV 18.
- 1360wchl.com: Chapel Hill To Air Film About MLK Jr. Boulevard, 01/17/11
Date:
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 2:00pm
Via e-mail from NAACP:
Dr. Ben Chavis To Keynote The Chapel Hill—Carrboro NAACP Annual Community Martin Luther King, Jr. Service at First Baptist Church
The Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities will come together once again on Monday January 17, 2011 at the historic First Baptist Church on North Roberson Street, to honor the legacy of slain Civil Rights hero and Nobel Peace Prize humanitarian, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year’s keynote speaker is Rev. Dr. Ben Chavis—long-time civil rights leader and one of the Wilmington 10 whose early-life story was masterfully woven together by Duke Professor, Dr. Tim Tyson, (a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies and visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture at Duke’s Divinity School and last year’s speaker) and published in Tyson’s best-selling book turned movie, “Blood Done Signed My Name.” Dr. Chavis--an author, educator and global business leader—is the President of Education Online Services Corporation (EOServe Corp.), the world’s leading provider of online higher education for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across America, as well as other academic institutions of higher learning throughout the world. Dr. Chavis is also the President, CEO and Co-Founder with Russell Simmons, of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), the world’s largest coalition of hip-hop artists and recording industry executives. In 1993 and 1994 Dr. Chavis served as the Executive Director and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and remains a life-member of the NAACP. In 1995, Dr. Chavis was the National Director and organizer of the Million Man March. From 1995 to 1997 Chavis was the Executive Director and CEO of the National African American Leadership Summit (NAALS).
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday service will begin with a march and rally starting at Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill at 9:00 a.m. The service at First Baptist Church is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. During the service two prestigious awards will be given—the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award and the Rebecca Clark Award for Voter Registration and Civic Engagement. This year’s theme is “Not One Step Back: Renewing Dr. King’s Call To Conscience.”
Date:
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 6:00am
Location:
First Baptist Church, Roberson Street, Chapel Hill
Via e-mail from NAACP:
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday service will begin with a march and rally starting at Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill at 9:00 a.m. The service at First Baptist Church is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. During the service two prestigious awards will be given—the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award and the Rebecca Clark Award for Voter Registration and Civic Engagement. This year’s theme is “Not One Step Back: Renewing Dr. King’s Call To Conscience.”
Date:
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 4:00am
Location:
Peace & Justice Plaza, Franklin Street, downtown Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People will sponsor its annual Martin L. King,
Jr. Day Rally, March and Worship Service at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome
to join them for a peaceful rally, followed with a march down Franklin
Street starting at the Post Office at 179 E. Franklin St. that starts
at 10:15 a.m. The march will end at First Baptist Church, where the
worship service will start at 10:30 am.
Date:
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 4:00am
Location:
Post Office at 179 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill
The 25th Annual University/Community Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Banquet will be at 6 p.m. at the Friday Center, 100 Friday Center
Drive. This year's keynote speaker will be Rev. Mitchell Simpson of
University Baptist Church. For ticket information and availability,
call (919) 962-6962 or go to www.unc.edu/diversity/mlk/.
Date:
Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 1:00pm
Location:
Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Dr., Chapel Hill
Sorry for the late notice, I just found this information that the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP will be having their annual rally before the MLK service at First Baptist Church. (For the record, I have been looking for info about whether there would be a march. I wish there had been more publicity!)
The rally will start at 9 a.m. at the Franklin Street Post Office.
That will be followed with a march down Franklin Street at 10:15 a.m.
The march will end at the First Baptist Church on North Roberson Street at 10:30 a.m. where a worship service will be held.
The theme of the rally is environmental racism.
The
group is calling for liberation of the Rogers Road community where the
county’s landfill has been housed for more than thirty years.
- 1360 WCHL: Local MLK Day Events Planned Monday
Date:
Monday, January 19, 2009 - 4:00am
Location:
Franklin Street Post Office, Chapel Hill
From the Town of Hillsborough:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Jan. 13, 2008
Contact: Sgt. William Parker, Community Policing Division of the Hillsborough Police Department, 732-2441
Downtown Hillsborough Intersections to Be Closed Briefly Jan. 19 for MLK March
HILLSBOROUGH — Traffic will be blocked for short periods of time in downtown Hillsborough on Monday morning, Jan. 19, to allow for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Commemorative March.
The march will begin at 9 a.m. at the Orange County Courthouse on Margaret Lane and will end at Mt. Bright Baptist Church on Union Street. It is expected to be complete by 10 a.m. Past marches have lasted about 30 minutes.
The Hillsborough Police Department will close the northbound lane of Churton Street during the parade and will conduct rolling blocks of intersections between Margaret Lane and Union Street. As soon as marchers pass through an intersection, officers will reopen the intersection. Traffic will be able to flow south on Churton Street and on side streets.
The Police Department estimates that each intersection will be closed about five minutes.
By closing downtown intersections on a rolling schedule, the department will be able to use fewer officers during the event and to reopen Hillsborough's main thoroughfare more quickly.
A police officer on a motorcycle will lead the marchers, and an officer in a patrol car will follow behind.
The Police Department encourages motorists visiting downtown Hillsborough to use the parking deck and other legal areas to park. A map of public parking options, including free parking, is available on the town's Web site, www.ci.hillsborough.nc.us. Look for the map under "Parking" in the "About Hillsborough" section.
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Date:
Monday, January 19, 2009 - 4:00am
Location:
Orange County Courthouse on Margaret Lane and will end at Mt. Bright Baptist Church on Union Street, Hillsborough
From Orange County:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ginger Holler, Youth Services Librarian / Orange County Public Library, 245-2531
“The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Presented by Bright Star Children's Theater, at the Orange County Public Library , 300 West Tryon Street in Hillsborough.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
4:00-5:00pm
The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be celebrated in this production, starting with the Civil Rights movement and exploring the life and work of Dr. King. The youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize for Peace, Dr. King changed the course of history through his work for justice, and equal rights in America.
A special after school program- FREE- no registration required, all ages welcome. Groups Welcome.
Date:
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:00am
Location:
Orange County Public Library, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough
I just saw a clip on the noon news with former President Bill Clinton reflecting on the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. on this day, 40 years ago. ("Clinton remembers King during visit to N.C."). The night of April 4, 1968 and the days that followed are hard to forget.
From Peggy Misch:
Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee Friends,
In
order to have two speakers talk to us and have a DVD player, I've
called the meeting this month in a public room with equipment when
guests are available. Please come and bring someone else.
The BORDC website (www.bordc.org)
is filled with lots of information on pending legislation. We can make
a difference by contacting David Price, responding to candidates with
questions when they appeal for money, writing letters to the editor.
Below details of the next meeting, I've copied some current activities in Congress, taken from BORDC's website.
You
may support Tamara Tal's arraignment in Chapel Hill Courthouse (enter
from the East Franklin Street Post Office), Feb 18, sometime after 9AM.
The charge is "failure to disperse" from Burger King during the
national campaign to support tomato pickers supplying this chain,
November 30.
"Monitoring Civil Rights on the
Ground": Screening
by local videograher of UNC students supporting citizens of Jena, LA,
during town's commemoration of MLK Day, Jan 21, 2008, and report on
incident of arrest for failure to disperse at Burger King on Elliott
Road Nov 20. All welcome for discussion. Orange County Bill of Rights
Defense Committee, 7 PM, Feb 27, Chapel Hill Town Hall, Training Room.
942-2535.
Date:
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 2:00pm
Location:
Chapel Hill Town Hall, Training Room
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