This year’s MLK Holiday Celebration will be on Jan. 15, 2024 beginning with the annual Freedom March at 1 p.m. and concluding with the powerful commemorative program held at the Central Bank Center at 2 p.m. The March begins and ends at the Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington.
The MLK Holiday Observance in Lexington provides an opportunity for our community to come together to honor Dr. King’s legacy of freedom, justice, peace and equal opportunity for all Americans. The annual march and program draws participation of several thousand people from across Central Kentucky and beyond. The MLK Holiday Observance is a free public event designed to inspire the better angels of our nature as we unite as a community to elevate Dr. King’s vision and legacy. The 2023 March had a record crowd of over 8,000.
For more information, visit: https://www.uky.edu/mlk/
"On March 25, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the annual meeting of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Chicago. According to an Associated Press (AP) story published by the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern on March 26, King and officers of the Medical Committee for Human Rights called for doctors and hospitals to comply with the Civil Rights Act and accused the American Medical Association of a “conspiracy of inaction” in civil rights. It was there, at a press conference before the meeting, that King uttered a phrase that is often quoted in public health, a phrase alluding to injustice in heath as “the most shocking and the most inhuman” of all forms of inequality." - Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH Link
"On March 25, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the annual meeting of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Chicago. According to an Associated Press (AP) story published by the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern on March 26, King and officers of the Medical Committee for Human Rights called for doctors and hospitals to comply with the Civil Rights Act and accused the American Medical Association of a “conspiracy of inaction” in civil rights. It was there, at a press conference before the meeting, that King uttered a phrase that is often quoted in public health, a phrase alluding to injustice in heath as “the most shocking and the most inhuman” of all forms of inequality."
- Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
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Join Student Organizations and Activities and the MLK Center as we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy through our annual MLK Day of Service!
