Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events
Saturday, January 19, 2008

KING REMEMBRANCE: 2 p.m. today, Diamond Lakes Library, 101 Diamond Lakes Way, Hephzibah; sponsored by Operation Lead and the New Order National Human Rights Organization; (678) 887-2752.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARADE: Lineup at 11 a.m., parade at 1 p.m. today, starts at Dyess Park Community Center, 902 James Brown Blvd.; viewing stand in front of the Walker Group, corner of 12th Street and Laney-Walker Boulevard; held by the Augusta branch of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Unity Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. Monday, Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites, Grand Ballroom; held by Alpha Chi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.; with Richmond County Superintendent Dana Bedden; $25; registration required; contact Ellis Albright, (706) 414-1906, Augustus Thurmond, (706) 738-6425, Marion Griffin, (706) 863-0625.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE OF THE CSRA: Noon Monday, pre-musical will start at 11 a.m., Beulah Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1434 Poplar St.; free

MLK MARCH FOR JUSTICE: 10 a.m. Monday, front of Municipal Building, 530 Greene St.; (678) 887-2752.

FREEDOM FUND BANQUET: 7 p.m. Monday, DoubleTree Hotel, 2651 Perimeter Parkway; Augusta NAACP branch will honor Georgia Court of Appeals Justice John H. Ruffin Jr.; speaker, Dr. Francys Johnson; $50 per individual; $400 per table; $500 table of 10; augustanaacp@earthlink.net.

DREAM IN COLOR: Noon Monday, Simmons Ridge Baptist Church, Edgefield; with Alma Finnie, poetry, literary, visual and performing arts and refreshments.

CELEBRATION SERVICE: 11 a.m., Monday Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.; with the Rev. Paul Bush, senior pastor at Laura Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Clarks Hill, S.C.

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