The University has planned many events to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Saturday, Jan. 19

• Sing the Truth! A performance by Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright to honor the legacies of women R&B, blues, folk, gospel and jazz musicians, including Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln, Odetta, Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman, Toshi Reagon and Sade. 7:30 p.m. in the Tryon Festival Theatre in Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Sunday, Jan. 20

• MLK: A Service of Celebration. 5 p.m. in Foellinger Great Hall in Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Monday, Jan. 21

• MLK: Unity Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. in Dodds Athletic Center at Parkland College.

Thursday, Jan. 24

• Art lecture by Dr. Edmund B. Gaither. A part of the Jacob Lawrence – Toussaint l’Ouverture series. 4 p.m. in the College of Law auditorium and 6 p.m. at the Art Opening in the Krannert Arm Museum.
• Jacob Lawrence art exhibit. Runs from Jan. 24 to April 28 at the Krannert Art Museum.

Friday, Jan. 25

• Teacher workshops featuring Dr. Alana Murray, co-editor of “Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching. 9 a.m. in room 242 of the College of Education and 3:30 p.m. in the Booker T. Washington School library, 607 E. Grove St., Champaign.
• Symposium by Dr. Edmund B. Gaither, “Art, Culture and Community Development: How Real Estate Development is Benefitting the Arts in Boston.” Noon at the Business Instructional Facility.

Saturday, Jan. 26

• MLK Community Celebration: MLK Writing Contest: Presentation of winners. 10 a.m. in the lobby of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Wednesday, Jan. 30

• Screening of “Mississippi, America” and panel featuring producer Judith McCray. 7 p.m. in Law Room D at the College of Law.

Thursday, Jan. 31

• Lecture by Dr. Thavolia Glymph, associate professor of African and African American Studies at Duke University and author of “Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household.” 4 p.m. in Knight Auditorium in Spurlock Museum.

Wednesday, Feb. 6

• Screening of “Trace of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North” and a panel featuring filmmaker Katrina Browne. 7 p.m. in room 1092 in Lincoln Hall.

Saturday, Feb. 9

• Performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock, a Grammy Award-winning, African American women a cappella ensemble. 7:30 p.m. in the Tryon Festival Theatre in Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Monday, Feb. 18

• Screening of “Freedom Riders.” 7 p.m. in room 2025A of the Student Dining and Residential Programs in Ikenberry Commons on the University campus.

Tuesday, Feb. 19

• Community Conversation: Crime, Diversity and Equality. 9 a.m. in Illini Rooms B and C in the Illini Union.

Wednesday, Feb. 20

• Lecture by Professor Michelle Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” and associate professor of law at Ohio State University. 6 p.m. in Illini Rooms B and C in the Illini Union.

Saturday, Feb. 23

• Black and Latino Male Summit 2013. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at a to-be-determined location.

Wednesday, Feb. 27

• Culminating Celebration, a keynote address by Dr. Myrlie Evers-Williams and performances by the University of Illinois Black Choir, the Women’s Glee Club, Dr. Casey Robards and the University of Illinois Wind Symphony. 7:30 p.m. in Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

March 7-10

• The Eleventh Biennial Black Sacred Music Symposium, an exploration and presentation of modern and historical Black Sacred Music. Sessions from from March 7-9, at 6 p.m, and the concert is at 7:30 p.m., March 10, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.