Martin Luther King Jr Archives

Closures and Local Celebrations on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted by Brighton McConnell | Jan 20, 2020 | Local Government

The local governments in Orange County have many events planned for the weekend and holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day to recognize the civil rights activist. Here are some of the announcements: Town of Carrboro Closings and...

Deadline Nears for Carrboro’s Martin Luther King Jr Mural Contest

Posted by Brighton McConnell | Oct 30, 2019 | Arts

The town of Carrboro is looking for community input ahead of the creation of two murals in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park. It is seeking high school students’ submissions for mural designs and community ideas for quotes...

Chapel Hill, Carrboro Celebrate MLK Day

Posted by Staff | Jan 17, 2017 | News Around Town

Chapel Hill and UNC have been celebrating Martin Luther King Junior day since before the bill was passed to make it a federal holiday in 1983. Every year, the town encourages people to come together, converse, march and even...

Rev. Barber at Duke Chapel’s MLK Celebration: ‘No Ways Tired’

Posted by Staff | Jan 19, 2015 | News Around Town

Duke University Chapel honored the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday, with its annual service. This year, the keynote speaker was North Carolina’s most prominent living civil rights activist, in King’s tradition.

CH Honors MLK With Annual Rally, Looks Ahead For Moral Monday

Posted by Staff | Jan 20, 2014 | News Around Town

“We cannot think that for a moment that the movement is for a minute. It is forever,” Campbell said.

Rally, March To Mark Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 85th Birthday

Posted by Ran Northam | Jan 19, 2014 | News Around Town

Local leaders and community activists will use the remembrance of one of the nation’s most well known civil rights activists to continue their fight against what they’re calling an oppressive agenda in Raleigh.

“Taking The Dream Home”

Posted by Staff | Aug 28, 2013 | News Around Town

The North Carolina NAACP’s “Taking the Dream Home” rally is happening this evening at 5:30 in front of the Courthouse on Franklin Street.

Martin Luther King Jr

Closures and Local Celebrations on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Deadline Nears for Carrboro’s Martin Luther King Jr Mural Contest

Chapel Hill, Carrboro Celebrate MLK Day

Rev. Barber at Duke Chapel’s MLK Celebration: ‘No Ways Tired’

CH Honors MLK With Annual Rally, Looks Ahead For Moral Monday

Rally, March To Mark Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 85th Birthday

“Taking The Dream Home”

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