A man who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s will give the keynote address at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s week-long celebration of the national holiday celebrating King.

John Slade, who produced the film, “Breaking the Chains of Bondage,” will deliver “Martin Luther King Jr.: The Man and His Message” during the Chancellor’s Program at 2 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St.

Slade is one of the founding fathers of Iota Phi Theta fraternity  at Morgan State College (now Morgan State University) in 1963.  more >>

Lenworth Gunther, professor of history and director of the Africana Center at Essex County (N.J.) College, will deliver the keynote address at the 13th annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration.

He is the founder and president of Edmedia Associates, an educational and motivational consulting company that specializes in communications and diversity issues.

His writings include articles on black life and such books as The New Jersey African American History Curriculum Guide for High School. He served in the early 1980s on the East Orange, N.J., school board and founded a college relief fund for the need. He has been a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity since 1968.  more >>

Howard Dodson, chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, will speak at 2 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Akron-Summit County Public Library's Main Auditorium, 60 S. ...   more »