Modesto-area observances of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday will begin Saturday with an expert on past Black struggles.
They will finish three weeks later with a talk by Malcolm X’s daughter and an award for noted local educator Odessa Johnson.
King was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta and assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis. The federal holiday in his honor falls on Monday, Jan. 19, this year.
Details on the 2026 events:…