Metro-east groups host events to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Metro-east groups are hosting events in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. this holiday weekend.

The state and federal holiday in honor of King is on Monday.

You can attend these ceremonies in remembrance of the slain civil rights leader:

Sunday

▪ 46th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration hosted by the Alton branch of the NAACP — 3 p.m. Sunday. Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 2621 Amelia St., Alton. Reginald Riddle-Young of the East St. Louis Monitor will be the keynote speaker.

Monday

▪ Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast Service hosted by the O’Fallon NAACP #3041 — 8 a.m. Monday. New Life In Christ Church, 689 Scott-Troy Road, O’Fallon. Tickets cost $25. Timothy Lewis, director of Black Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, will be the guest speaker.

▪ Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program — 10 a.m. Monday. Mount Joy Missionary Baptist Church, 327 Olive St., Edwardsville. Crystal Officer, CEO of Beverly Farm Foundation in Godfrey will be the keynote speaker.

▪ Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program — Noon Monday. Southern Mission Missionary Baptist Church, 2801 State St., East St. Louis. The Rev. Juan Conway will be the keynote speaker.