All events are free and open to the public.
Media planning to attend any of the events, particularly the commemorative service on Sunday, should contact Blake Dickinson to arrange for a parking pass and seating. Radio and TV reporters should call in advance to review camera and audio restrictions in Duke Chapel. Sekou Sundiata will highlight Duke University's 11 th annual observance of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. A candlelight vigil on Friday, Jan. 14, will kick off the week-long celebration. Dr. Brenda Armstrong , who took part in the 1969 takeover of the Allen Building by African-American students and now serves as director of admissions for the Duke University School of Medicine, will be the keynote speaker at the noon event in the Duke Chapel.