Events in metro Detroit to mark the life of Dr. Martin Luther King:
Breakfast: 8 a.m., a program at 9 a.m. at the Charles Wright African American Museum. Ticket includes free admission to the museum.
Exhibits at Detroit Historical Museum and Detroit Institute of Arts.
Ypsilanti: a procession will be led by Rhea McCauley, niece of Rosa Parks.
Flint: Martin Luther King Jr. Day:The history of civil disobedience in Flint and Genesee County, including the 1936-37 Flint Sit Down Strike. Sloan Museum, free.
MLK Day of Service: Wayne Metropolitan Community Action volunteer program.
Tour De Troit has its 5th annual cycling event. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. McGregor Conference Center on the Wayne State campus.
A freedom rally begins at noon at Central United Methodist Church, Detroit.
Keynote speaker : Shirley Stancato of New Detroit. 9 a.m. Community House, Birmingham.
Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium:actress Issa Rae and author Amy Goodman will be speakers. 10 a.m. Hill Auditorium,Ann Arbor.
32nd Annual Southfield MLK Peace Walk Celebration: Hope United ,Northwestern Highway in Southfield, at 9:30 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. program at the Southfield Pavilion.
MLK unity march in Dearborn – 2 p.m. at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center.
Celebration of MLK’s life, Canton Twp. – 6:30 p.m. at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill.
Novi High School’s Unity in the community – 7 p.m. at Novi High School.