{"id":116474,"date":"2026-01-09T03:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/116474\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:57:08","slug":"lubbock-to-host-five-day-martin-luther-king-jr-celebration-starting-thursday-jan-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/116474\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock to host five-day Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, starting Thursday, Jan. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The Martin Luther King Commemorative Council of Lubbock will host a five-day celebration honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Jan. 15-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">All events will take place at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, 1501 Mac Davis Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Event schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The celebration begins Thursday, Jan. 15, with \u201cTake A STEP\u201d at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Friday, Jan. 16, features the Individuals of Distinction Award Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30 per person. Guest speakers include Dr. Stephanie Smith-Jeffery and Dr. Christa Tillman Young.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"To be honored at Individuals of Distinction Award Banquet Friday, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RAHDT33POFAWDIHFTATEDHM3AY.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1268\" \/>To be honored at Individuals of Distinction Award Banquet Friday, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.(Martin Luther King Commemorative Council of Lubbock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Saturday, Jan. 17, will host Youth Night\/Musical at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sunday, Jan. 18, includes a citywide service at 5 p.m. Dr. Ralph M. McCormick from Second Calvary Baptist Church of Charlotte, North Carolina, will speak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The celebration concludes Monday, Jan. 19, with MLK Day of Service throughout the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">City of Lubbock Council members and other civic leaders will be participating in the events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The Martin Luther King Commemorative Council of Lubbock will host a five-day celebration honoring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-116474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}