Scenes from Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Performer and activist Harry Belafonte delivered the MLK Symposium’s keynote address to a packed Hill Auditorium. Read more about his address. (Photo by Scott Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

Members of the U-M community gather on the Diag and join in song during the eighth annual “Circle of Unity,” sponsored by the Michigan Community Scholars. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

Portraying abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Christine Dixon teaches children a dance as part of the MLK Children and Youth Program. (Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

Anita Gonzalez, foreground, and Melissa Golliday perform “Two/One Stepping Forward” during the School of Music, Theatre and Dance’s MLK Day Celebration Concert at the Power Center. (Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography)

UM-Dearborn students Tyson Gersh, left, and Caleb Gross remove a dresser from an abandoned home in Detroit. They were among many students volunteering around their community Monday. Read more about UM-Dearborn’s MLK Day of Service. (Photo by Alex Piazza, UM-Dearborn)

UM-Flint alumnus Michael Isaac donates blood during that campus’ MLK Day of Service on Monday. Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff volunteered at one of 13 community organizations. A different activity is planned for each day this week. (Photo by Mel Serow, UM-Flint)

An audience at the U-M Detroit Center watches a simulcast of Harry Belafonte’s MLK keynote address. (Photo by Mike Morland, Detroit Center)

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