- At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, they've been holding an annual MLK celebration for nearly a quarter century. The festivities run all day, with a music-filled tribute kicking off at 9AM and a screening of the documentary Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later at 1PM.
- You can bet your "Hope" poster that when the Harlem Gospel Choir hits the stage at B.B. King's for the MLK, Jr. celebration, it'll be moving stuff all around. 8PM.
- Soak up a little slice of history at the old farmstead with an MLK program at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park, including a talk about Lewis Latimer, groundbreaking scientist and son of fugitive slaves. 2PM.