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Friday, April 19
Kweisi Mfume, former president of the NAACP, will speak at the University of Chicago to deliver a keynote address culminating the events of MLK Week. The week, January 10-17, commemorates the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. The address, lasting from 1pm-3pm at Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., follows a 12pm memorial service held at Rockefeller Chapel.