The Jackson-Madison County Branch and Lane College Chapter of the NAACP will host activities in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday.

Activities begin at 8:30 a.m. with the King Day Breakfast at T.R. White Sportsplex, 304 N. Hays Ave. Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist will be the speaker.

Marchers will assemble after the breakfast. The walk departs at 9:45 a.m. from T.R. White Sportsplex and continues on South Hayes Street to Main Street. The walk proceeds west on Main Street, ending at Jackson City Hall.

The King Day Rally Program will kick off at 10 a.m. at the George A. Smith Meeting Room at City Hall. The Rev. Arthur David, pastor of St. Paul CME Church, in Jackson, will be the speaker. Musical selections will be rendered by Deliverance House of Prayer Ensemble.

There will be a King Day Celebration Service at 6 p.m. at Deliverance House of Prayer, 411 Fairmont St., in Jackson. Bishop Nathaniel Bond, pastor of Deliverance House of Prayer Ministries, will be the speaker.

For more information, call branch president Harrell Carter at (731) 499-1688.

In Humboldt, a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march starts at 9 a.m. Monday at Morning Star Baptist Church and will continue to City Hall for a proclamation. The march will end at the Weed and Seed Safe Haven on Sixth Avenue, where a program will be held with a lunch following. The speaker will be Sandy Emert.

The city of Lexington will host its 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration beginning at 10 a.m. Monday at the Henderson County Civic Center in Lexington.

The celebration will include local and county officials and will feature a speech by Kimberly Bryant of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. There will be a re-enactment of King's "I have a dream" speech by Patrick Parker, as well as a march to the fairgrounds building.

Union University will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day with worship services and service opportunities for students, faculty and staff in Jackson and Germantown. On the Jackson campus, David Carothers, Union's assistant director of student mobilization, will speak in a chapel service at 10 a.m. Volunteer teams will work at the Birth Choice Research Clinic and The Care Center.

In Germantown, a tribute service at Hope Fellowship Church will begin at 10 a.m. Volunteers will work at the Bent Tree Apartment Complex, providing health screenings and children's activities.

D'Army Bailey will serve as speaker during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. chapel assembly at 11 a.m. Wednesday, in the J. F. Lane Health and Physical Education Building on the campus of Lane College.

Bailey, a graduate of Yale Law School, founded the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, the site of King's assassination.

He is the author of two books, including "Mine Eyes Have Seen: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Journey."

The public is asked to be seated no later than 10:45 a.m. After the chapel assembly, Bailey will be available for the signing of his latest book, "The Education of a Black Radical; A Southern Civil Rights Activist's Journey, 1959-1964."

The book signing will be held in the Cybercafe on the north campus in Water Tower Place. Copies of the book will be available in the campus bookstore.

The Paris Henry County Ministerial Alliance and Ministerial Association will celebrate the King holiday with the theme "Unity in Our Community."

The Rev. Lawrence Ragland is president of both groups. On Sunday, churches are asked to encourage members to engage in some form of service project on Monday, the national holiday.

Monday events include a prayer breakfast discussion at 8:30 a.m. at Quinn Chapel AMC.

Roland Atkinson, a retired educator, will lead the discussion. The community march will begin at 10 a.m., with a walk to the Henry County Heritage Center for a proclamation service by county officials and a speech by NAACP president Bruce Carlisle. There will be an art display. A reception will follow.

There will be two service projects taking place from 1 to 4 p.m. The Office on Aging will be painted, and work on the Habitat for Humanity house on Irvine Street will take place.

The final celebration will be held at First Presbyterian Church downtown. Mayor Sam Tharpe will speak. Henry County High School Madrigals and Union Grove Baptist Church will bring special music.